how big is the Sun?

The Sun is huge. The Sun is tiny! It all depends on what we are comparing it with.

The Sun is the largest object in the solar system. A small part of it can be seen in this collection of images of the planets.

On the other hand, compare it to other kinds of stars and it seems very small or very large!


		If you like numbers, the Sun's diameter is 1,392,000 km.

To explore how big the Sun is compared to the Earth check out the comparing the size of the Sun to Earth page.