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    Our Sun although the largest object in our solar system is classed as a ’Yellow Dwarf’, so although massive to us it is only a small star in the universe.

    Average diameter about 864,000 miles, about 109 times the size of the Earth.

    93 million miles from Earth

    Need 1.3 million Earths to fill

    The Sun’s gravity holds our planets in their place

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