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Re: [Phys-l] the sun

On 11/12/2008 10:12 AM, Larry Smith wrote:
Of all the stars in the Milky Way on the main sequence, is the sun's mass
close to the average or the median?

You can decide for yourself:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzsprung-Russell_diagram

Note the sun has a B-V color index of 0.656(5).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_index