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Why does the sun gravitationally dominate all other objects in the solar system?

a. the sun is by far the most massive object in the solar system.
b. the sun is the closest object to planet earth.
c. the sun moves at a greater speed than any of the other objects in the solar system.
d. the sun is by far the brightest object in the solar system?

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If you mooshed all of the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids together in one big ball, you would have about 1% as much mass as the sun has. Choose A.
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A- the sun is more massive
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