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How many orders of magnitude bigger is the Solar System than the Sun?
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∙ 12y ago
First, you would have to clarify what you want to include in the "Solar System":
- Up to the farthest planet (Neptune): about 30 astronomical units.
- To the farthest known object (Sedna): About 3-4 times that distance.
- To the Oort cloud: about 1 light-year.
Just convert any of those numbers to kilometers, then divide by the Sun's radius (also in kilometers).
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