How does the Sun compare to other stars?

Question

How does the Sun compare to other stars?

Answer 1

It's smaller than some, bigger than most.

The most common stars are red and brown dwarf class.

Answer 2

The Sun is an average-sized star. The biggest stars are more than 100 times as massive as the Sun, and the smallest stars are less than 1/10th as massive as the Sun.

As far as comparing to other star *systems*--More than half of all stars are in binary or other multiple star systems, in which two or more stars orbit around each other in a single "system". There have also now been planets discovered around other stars besides the Sun, although very few of those systems look like they could be much like our solar system in terms of the orbits of the giant planets. But this may just be because solar systems like ours are hard to find.  

Answer 3

Very average.

Answer 4

The Sun is an "average" star, meaning that most stars are around the Sun's size.  There are, of course, many small stars and many large stars.  

Stars the size of the Sun will not create supernovae.  To create even a nova, the star would have to be much larger than the Sun.

There are smaller stars too, but they can only grow so small, because it requires a large amount of matter to create a star.  Scientists believe that Jupiter was just a little too small to become a star.

Answer 5

Average

Answer 6

  The sun is slightly below average in size and mass.