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The Sun contains about 99.5% of all the mass in the solar system. (Jupiter is over half of the remainder!)

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How much of your solar system mass is made by the sun?

The Sun has about 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.


How much of the planetary mass of the solar system does Jupiter contain?

By my own calculations Jupiter counts for around 0.097% of the mass of the Solar System. The Sun on the other hand accounts for about 99.86%. After the mass of the Sun you have 0.14% of the mass of the solar system to distribute among the planets. Of this Jupiter takes up almost 0.10%


How does the sun make up 99 percent of the solar system?

The sun


Which planet is more massive than all the others?

Jupiter is by far the heaviest - most massive - of all the planets in THIS solar system. However, there are other planets in other solar systems and most of them are bigger - a LOT bigger! - than Jupiter.It doesn't make much sense to talk about "weight" here; what would you put the planet on, to weigh it? The most massiveplanet (in our Solar System) is Jupiter. Jupiter has about 300 times the mass of the Earth; it has more mass than all the other planets together.Jupiter is easily the heaviest object in our solar system (and the largest).


Why does Aristarchus theory of the sun is much larger than Earth support the heliocentric theory of the solar system?

According to modern understanding, the planets, and the Sun, move around the Solar System's center of mass. Since the Sun is much more massive than the planets, this center of mass is very close to the Sun. If the Sun is much larger than any of the planets, it seems likely that it also has a greater mass - assuming that their respective densities are somewhat similar. And indeed, this is the case here.

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How much mass does the sun account for in our solar system?

1828 millionThe mass of our Sun is 1.989 x 1030 kilograms


How much of your solar system mass is made by the sun?

The Sun has about 99.86% of the mass in the solar system.


How much percent of mass the sun have in the solar system?

The mass of the sun is about 99.86% of the mass of the entire solar system.


How much of the mass in our solar system?

About 99.5


How much matter in the solar system can be found in the planets?

About 0.13% of all mass in the Solar System


How much of your solar system does the Sun represent?

In mass 99.9%


Is the sun bigger than solar system?

Our sun is not bigger than the solar system. The sun is a star, and it contains over 99.9% of the mass of the solar system, but the solar system is much bigger than the sun.


Is the sun smaller than the solar system?

No. The sun is part of the solar system, so it cannot be bigger than it. The mass of the sun is much larger than the mass of the rest of the objects in the solar system put together, which may be what you are referring to.


How much of the planetary mass of the solar system does Jupiter contain?

By my own calculations Jupiter counts for around 0.097% of the mass of the Solar System. The Sun on the other hand accounts for about 99.86%. After the mass of the Sun you have 0.14% of the mass of the solar system to distribute among the planets. Of this Jupiter takes up almost 0.10%


How does the sun make up 99 percent of the solar system?

The sun


Which planet has the most mass in your solar system?

The sun is by far the largest object in our solar system.It has a diameter of about 1,392,684 km (865,374 mi), which is approximately 109 times larger than Earth, and its mass (1.989×1030 kilograms, approximately 330,000 times the mass of Earth) accounts for about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System.


How much of the planetary mass of the solar system does Saturn contain?

It's just over 21%.