UNIVERSE
THE SUN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The smallest star in our galaxy.
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The largest star in our galaxy.
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Medium-sized compared to all stars.
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Among the group of largest stars
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Detailed explanation-1: -The size of our sun There are bigger stars, and there are smaller stars. We have found stars that are 100 times bigger in diameter than our sun. Truly, those stars are enormous. We have also seen stars that are just one tenth the size of our sun.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following best describes the relative distance of the Sun and other stars to Earth? No other stars are closer to Earth than the Sun.
Detailed explanation-3: -However, compared with other stars, the Sun is rather ordinary. It is about in the middle of the ranges for star size and brightness. Many of the stars that you can see in the night sky are actually bigger and brighter than the Sun-they only appear smaller because they are much farther away.
Detailed explanation-4: -Our Sun is an ordinary star, just one among hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. As the only star we can observe in detail, it provides a basis for our understanding of all stars. The Sun is composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium gas.