GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

SOLAR SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which item in space is an average-sized yellow star that is about 1.39 million kilometers in diameter?
A
Moon
B
Sun
C
Earth
D
Jupiter
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Fair enough, as the Sun has a diameter of nearly 1.39 million kilometers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The sun is the largest object in our solar system. The sun is 1.4 million kilometers in diameter. * Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our Sun is a medium-sized star with a radius of about 435, 000 miles (700, 000 kilometers). Many stars are much larger – but the Sun is far more massive than our home planet: it would take more than 330, 000 Earths to match the mass of the Sun, and it would take 1.3 million Earths to fill the Sun’s volume.

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