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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 G2 class is the the third level of hottest stars within the yellow G class. (The class scale goes from G0 through G9.) A "V" star in this class is in the fifth level of luminosity&mdasha yellow dwarf star. The Sun is in the 95th percentile in its class by size and mass of other stars in its immediate region.<ref name=Britannica/>
== History ==
== History ==