“The Sun contains about a thousand times more mass than Jupiter. If it were cold, gravity would squeeze it a million times denser than an ordinary solid: it would be a 'white dwarf' about the size of the Earth but… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“The Sun contains most of the mass of the solar system (99.9 percent) in a ball whose diameter is about 100 times that of the Earth. It is about 150 million kilometers away, and light from it takes eight seconds to reach us.” — Joanne Baker Copy Share Image
