fossilesqueM to Science MemesEnglish · 12 hours agoSun Godimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down123
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minus-squareaddie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoYou’re understating it a bit there - the sun is 99.86% of the mass of the solar system by itself. To the nearest whole percent, the solar system consists of 100% “the sun”. To the nearest 0.1%, it’s 99.9% the sun and 0.1% Jupiter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_mass
You’re understating it a bit there - the sun is 99.86% of the mass of the solar system by itself. To the nearest whole percent, the solar system consists of 100% “the sun”. To the nearest 0.1%, it’s 99.9% the sun and 0.1% Jupiter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_mass