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actual size of the Sun in scale comparison to Earth (lemmy.world)
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[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

sun has 2·10³⁰ kg, earth has 6·10²⁴ kg

roughly 10⁶ mass difference, volume is cubic to diameter, therefore roughly 100× diameter difference