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How massive is the Sun compared to other stars?

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up vote 7 down vote favorite 2 I was just reading "Rare Earth" by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee and they claim that $95%$ of stars are less massive than the Sun. But, I was always told the Sun is an average star. Which is it? mass astrophysics astronomy sun share | cite | improve this question edited Nov 23 at 9:39 Kyle Oman 14.1k 7 52 107 asked Nov 21 at 0:04 Jimmy G. 168 1 16 ...