Star
Sun
The Sun holds 99.86 % of all the mass in the Solar System.
Surface gravity 27.94× Earth
Mean radius 696,340 km
Mass 333,000× Earth
Length of day 25.4 Earth days
Length of year n/a
Avg. temperature 5,505 °C
Moons 0
Distance from Sun —
Sun compared to Earth
Sun has about 109.3× the radius of Earth and 333,000× its mass. Its surface gravity is 27.94 times Earth's — so a 70 kg person would weigh about 1,955.8 kg there.
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