109 Earths is the Right Answer.




Compare the Sun's diameter with horizontally "stacked" Earths.

The Earth is 7909 miles (12,756 kilometers) in diameter. The Sun is 861,800 miles (1,390,000 kilometers) in diameter. One hundred and nine Earths can be strung horizontally across the middle of the Sun.

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Last Modified by ALG on May 8, 1997.