The Earth is the Right Answer.
Compare the width of the sketched outer layers with the Earth.
The Earth is 7909 miles (12,756 kilometers) in diameter. This is about the same size as the average thickness of the outer layers of the Sun. (Photosphere + Chromosphere + Transition Region + Spicules)
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Last Modified by ALG on June 4, 1997.