Question

The sun appears bigger and brighter than the other stars because it is indeed so.
State whether the sentence is true or false.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: The sun is the largest object in the solar system. The Solar System is the gravitationally bound arrangement of the Sun and the items that circle it. Of the objects that circle the Sun, the most prominent are the eight planets, and the rest being smaller bodies like dwarf planets. The sun comprises 99.8% of the system’s mass.

Complete answer: The Sun is the core of our solar system. It is a yellow dwarf star, a hot orb of glowing gases. Its gravitational pull keeps the solar system intact, everything from the largest planets to the tiniest particles of debris stays in its course. There are electric currents in the Sun that produce a magnetic field which is carried out through the solar system by the solar wind—a stream of electrically charged gas emitting outwards from the Sun in all directions. The sun is 147.27 million km away from earth. The radius of the sun is 696340 km. Although the sun is the center of the solar system, there are billions of other stars like it across the universe. Therefore there are many stars out there that are larger than the sun. The sun is a medium size star that only looks larger and brighter than other stars because it is closer to us.

Hence, the correct answer is Option B: False.

Note: There are many other stars larger than the sun in the universe. Betelgeuse is a star that is 700 times larger than the sun. UY Scuti is a hypergiant with a radius 1700 times that of the sun. It is the largest star known to man.