Discover the Astonishing Answer: How Many Earths Can Fit Inside the Sun?

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The discussion centers on calculating how many Earths can fit inside the Sun by comparing their volumes using the sphere volume formula. The user determined that approximately one million Earths could fit within the Sun's volume. They also mentioned considering the density of the most efficient sphere packing, which is around 0.9069. The user is seeking validation on their solution approach. Overall, the calculation highlights the vast difference in size between Earth and the Sun.
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How many Earth's would fit inside the sun?

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I found the volume of the sun and the Earth (Using the sphere volume formula) and devided the sun's volume by the Earth and got 10^6...I was wondering whether this is the best solution
 
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The density of the most efficient sphere packing is

\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{12}} \approx 0.9069
 

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