Question

How many times bigger than Jupiter is the sun?

Answer 1

We need to know the mass of the sun and Jupiter in order to know the difference between their masses or the number of times the sun is larger than Jupiter which itself is the largest planet in the solar system which is the solution.

Complete answer:
We know that all the given planets in the options are the planets in our solar system. There are eight planets and Pluto that revolves around the sun which is the power source of our solar system. It is believed that the solar system was formed by a burst of the sun some time back in time, very similar to the big bang. The planets are the results of large pieces from the sun which started revolving due to the strong gravitational force of the Sun.
The planets, being thrown out from the sun, have random sizes and arrangements in the solar system. The planets are arranged in the order – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto – from the sun.
We know that among them Jupiter is the largest. The radius of the planets along with the sun is given below.
Sun – 6,96,340 km
Mercury – 2,439.7 km
Venus – 6,051.8 km
Earth – 6,371 km
Mars – 3,389.5 km
Jupiter – 69,911 km
Saturn – 58,232 km
Uranus – 25,362 km
Neptune – 24,622 km
Pluto – 1,188.3 km
We can find the ratio between the radii of the sun and Jupiter to get the required solution as –

& \dfrac{{{R}_{sun}}}{{{R}_{Jupiter}}}=\dfrac{696340km}{69911km} \\\ & \therefore \dfrac{{{R}_{sun}}}{{{R}_{Jupiter}}}\approx 10 \\\ \end{aligned}$$ The sun is ten times bigger than Jupiter. This is the required solution. **Note:** The Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system followed by Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. It is interesting to note that the radius of all these planets will not add up to even one-third of the radius of the sun, which makes the sun the central force.