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		kmm on Oct 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Conterintuitive facts in mathematics, CS, and phys... The density of the Sun isn't uniform of course, but according to this[0] StackExchange answer, the density of matter in the Sun already reaches that of air at about 95% of its radius. https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/32729/at-what-...

rsj_hn on Oct 7, 2021 [–]

Obviously by "density" we mean weight divided by volume. Here is a collection of four textbooks that all agree on the 1.4 figure.

https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/MayKo.shtml

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