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As in spherical? Pretty much.

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No, the Sun and Earth are not roughly the same shape. The Sun is a roughly spherical star, while the Earth is an oblate spheroid, meaning it is mostly spherical but slightly flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator.

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They are roughly the same age, have the same basic shape and spin on an axis. There is not much else that is similar about them.


The Sun the earth and remaining planets are roughly in shape?

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