How many times greater is the sun's diameter compared to Earth's? 10. The sun's volume could hold more than __ Earths. 11.The mass of the sun is __ times greater than all the planets (of the solar system) together. It is difficult to imagine the __ size of the sun because it is so __ away. Even though the sun and the moon appear to be nearly the same size in our sky, the sun is __ times farther away. What is the speed of light?

* **Sun's diameter compared to Earth's:** The sun's diameter is about 109 times greater than Earth's.<br /><br />* **Earths that could fit in the Sun's volume:** The sun's volume could hold over 1.3 million Earths.<br /><br />* **Sun's mass compared to other planets:** The mass of the sun is about 333,000 times greater than all the planets in our solar system combined.<br /><br />* **Difficulty imagining the sun's size:** It is difficult to imagine the immense size of the sun because it is so far away.<br /><br />* **Sun and Moon apparent size/distance:** Even though the sun and the moon appear to be nearly the same size in our sky, the sun is about 400 times farther away than the moon. This also means the sun is roughly 400 times larger than the moon.<br /><br />* **Speed of light:** The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 299,792,458 meters per second (or about 186,282 miles per second).<br />