Water Ball with Sun's Mass - It's Diameter?

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Assuming (from Wikipedia) that the mass of the Sun is 2 x [itex]10^{30}[/itex] Kg,

I wondered what would be the size of an equivalently-massed ideal ball of water at STP with uniform density?

I read there the Sun is about 109 Earth diameters. My water ball model calculation is ~123 Earth diameters.

Anybody care to please confirm/correct?
 
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The number looks reasonable, as the density of the sun is a bit above the density of water.
It is impossible to have such a ball, of course.
 
Keep in mind I already used the word 'ideal'.
 
Sure, I just wanted to mention it. Such a ball would probably collapse until fusion of its hydrogen atoms starts inside. Alternatively, if the object stays too cold to start fusion, it might become a white dwarf.