Most of the mass of the solar system is contained in a) the outer planets b) the moons c) the sun d) the earth
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The sun, by a long shot. The sun has more than 1000 times as much mass as the 2nd most massive object in the Solar system (Jupiter).
The Sun
From Wikipedia: "The principal component of the Solar System is the Sun, a main sequence G2 star that contains 99.86% of the system's known mass and dominates it gravitationally"
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