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== Nomenclature ==
== Nomenclature ==
The G2 class is the the second level of hottest stars within the yellow G class. A "V" star in this class is a yellow dwarf star--but the Sun is in fact in the 95th percentile in its class by size and mass of other stars in its immediate region.<ref name=Britannica/>
The sun a classified as spectral class G2 V. The "G" means it is a moderately warm yellow star. The "2" means it is in the third hottest group of stars within type "G" (the scale runs from 0 to 9). The "V" is a Roman numeral for 5 and indicates the sun's size. A size V star is a dwarf, main sequence star. Thus the sun is a moderately warm, yellow, dwarf main sequence star. The Sun is in the 95th percentile in its class by size and mass of other stars in its immediate region.
== History ==
== History ==