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Class G stars are white-yellow main sequence stars. They range in mass from 0.8 to 1.2 solar masses and have a surface temperature reaching 6,000 K.

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Sol, also known as the Sun, is the star of the Sol system. It is a G2-V Main Sequence Star, also known as a Yellow Dwarf. It is brighter than 85% of all stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Sol makes up 99.86% of the mass of the Solar System and formed approximately 4.7 billion years ago; 5 billion years from now, Sol will expand into a Red Giant, consuming Mercury and overheating several other planets before eventually contracting into a White Dwarf.