GK
SOLAR SYSTEM
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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is a yellow star
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much closer
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much hotter
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much cooler
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Sun looks bigger than other stars because it is so much closer to the Earth. The further away an object is, the smaller it appears, even if it is very big.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are two types of stars that are much larger than our Sun: giant stars and supergiant stars.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sun is also a star but it looks larger than other stars because other stars are millions of times farther away than sun. The largest known star in the universe know to us is UY Scuti whose radius is around 1700 times than that of our Sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -Main sequence stars over eight solar masses are destined to die in a titanic explosion called a supernova. A supernova is not merely a bigger nova.