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Roughly what share of the solar system's mass is locked up in the Sun?

Past stat · 2026-08-09 UTC

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Jupiter is huge compared with Earth, but the Sun still holds about 99.8% of all the mass in the solar system. Everything else (planets, moons, asteroids, dust) is rounding error by comparison.

Correct answer: About 99.8%

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