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Sirius does not orbit the Sun.

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Is sirius a cold?

No. Sirius is far from a cold star. Sirius is actually a binary system about 8.6 light years away. Sirius A is a white main sequence star just over twice the size of the sun. Sirius B is a white dwarf stellar remnant of about 0.978 solar masses. The temperature of the two stars are far higher than that of our sun. The sun is about 5778 Kelvin, Sirius A is almost twice that at 9,940 K and Sirius B is many times that at 25,200 K.


What would happen if the sun was replaced by Sirius A?

Sirius A is about twice as massive as our sun, but has a surface temperature of around 10000 degrees Kelvin, compared with our suns surface temperature of around 5800 Kelvin. The Earth and all of the other planets would be a lot hotter if they remained at their current orbit, though the orbits would change as the gravitational pull of Sirius A would be greater. The water on earth would boil off and it would become a barren planet that could not support life. Even Mars may be too hot to support life if Sirius A were our star.


How many earth can fit in sirius?

Well, darling, Sirius is about twice the size of our dear old Sun, and the Sun could fit about 1.3 million Earths inside it. So, if we do the math (which I'm sure you could handle), Sirius could fit around 2.6 million Earths inside it. But hey, who's counting? Just know it's a whole lot of Earths.


Is sirius bigger than earth?

Yes. Sirius actually consists of two stars. The main object, Sirius A is not only bigger than Earth but is almost twice the diameter of the sun. The secondary star, Sirius B is a collapsed remnant of a star called a white dwarf. It is slightly smaller than Earth but far denser.


How old is the star sirius?

From Wikipedia: "The age of the system [Sirius is a double star] is estimated at around 230 million years." So, a fairly young star, at least if compared to typical stars, including our own Sun.