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The approximate diameter of the sun is t...

The approximate diameter of the sun is times the diameter of Earth.

A

92

B

109

C

146

D

123

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B
The Sun is 864,400 miles (1,391,000 kilometers) across. This is about 109 times the diameter of Earth. The Sun weighs about 333,000 times as much as Earth. It is so large that about 1,300,000 planet Earths can fit inside of it.
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