How many Earths would fit inside the Sun?

The Sun holds more than 99% of all the mass in the solar system. If it were hollow and you poured in planets the size of ours, how many would it take to fill it?

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About 1.3 million by volume. The Sun is much less dense than our planet, though, so it would take only about 330,000 Earths to match its mass.

— NASA Science, Sun: Facts

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