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1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun

It would take 1.3 million Earths to fill the Sun's volume.

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By mass the gap is smaller: more than 330,000 Earths would match the Sun. The Sun's core is about 27 million degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion.

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The Sun holds 99.8% of the solar system's mass

The Sun accounts for 99.8 percent of all the mass in the solar system.

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Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt

The dwarf planet Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

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Jupiter's Great Red Spot is bigger than Earth

The Great Red Spot is a giant storm on Jupiter that is bigger than Earth and has raged for hundreds of years.

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