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Jupiter vs Earth: Understanding the Size Difference
Comparing the Size and Mass of Jupiter and Earth Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and is significantly larger than Earth. To put things into perspective, Jupiter has a diameter of approximately 86,881 miles (139,822 kilometers), while Earth has a diameter of just 7,917.5 miles (12,742 kilometers). This means that Jupiter is over 10 times larger than…
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How Many Earths Can Fit on the Sun?
Understanding the Size of the Sun The Sun is the largest object in our solar system, with a diameter of about 1.4 million kilometers (870,000 miles). It makes up over 99% of the mass in the solar system, with the remaining mass shared by all the planets, moons, asteroids, and comets combined. To put the size of the Sun into…
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