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The Sun, also known by the Latin name Sol and the Greek name Helios, is a yellow dwarf star of spectral type G2V. The eight planets, including Earth, orbit the sun, as do countless other objects.
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The sun is classified as spectral class G2V. The "G" means it is a moderately warm yellow star. The "2" means it is in the third hottest group of stars within type "G" (the scale runs from 0 to 9). The "V" is a Roman numeral for 5 and indicates the Sun's size. A size V star is a dwarf, main sequence star. The sun is in the 95th percentile in its class by size and mass of other stars in its immediate region.
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