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Claim
The Sun is 99.86 percent of all the mass in the solar system.
In plain words: The Sun holds 99.86 percent of the solar system's mass. Everything else, every planet, moon, and rock, is the remaining 0.14 percent.
In simpler words: Almost everything in the solar system is the Sun. If you could weigh it all, the Sun would be 99.86 parts out of 100. All the planets together are just a tiny piece.
Ground
This claim stands in the Atlas topic Solar System, in the file content/astronomy.js in this repository. That file records these sources for the topic:
The first source states the figure directly: "The Sun accounts for 99.86% of the Solar System's total mass."
Hand
The Atlas maintainers, who curate this atlas and stand behind what it says. The hand is on the record: the content file names the topic's curator (batch B02-hard-sciences, a working session of the maintainers) and the date the topic was verified.
Check
Method: the claim was read against the sources recorded for its topic.
Result: a match. The cited source gives the same figure, 99.86 percent.
Dates: the atlas records this topic as verified on April 22, 2026. This page was checked on October 15, 2026.
Links
Supports: the Solar System topic in the Atlas, the lesson this claim is drawn from.
Depends on: the sources listed under Ground.
Contradicts: nothing recorded. This is the first Proof the Atlas has published, so its web of links starts here.
Seal
SHA-256, first 16 characters: 6cc5595908ab0208
6cc5595908ab0208c908eac0c2b326003d116a8da1d7315af470cfe1dfbdb60e
The seal input, exactly as hashed
Claim: The Sun is 99.86 percent of all the mass in the solar system. Ground: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System | https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/ | https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Hand: The Atlas maintainers Check: Claim read against the recorded sources; the figure matches. Content verified 2026-04-22; this page checked 2026-10-15.
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The Sun is 99.86 percent of all the mass in the solar system.
Ground: Wikipedia and NASA, recorded in the Atlas topic.
Check: match. Verified April 22, 2026.
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Sun: 99.86% of the solar system's mass
Checked
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"Almost everything in the solar system is the Sun. If you could weigh it all, the Sun would be ninety nine point eight six parts out of one hundred. All the planets and moons together are just a tiny piece left over. This claim has been checked against its sources."
The Sun is 99.86% of the solar system's mass.
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