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Is the sun a pulsating yellow giant?

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Our Sun is a main sequence star, in the middle of it's lifespan.

Our Sun is definitely not a giant, of any kind, right now. If it were, it would have already devoured Mercury and Venus AT LEAST!

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