Halakhah zu Kohelet 1:3

So the annual seasons are dependent on the sun; similarly the daily seasons.²⁰ The day is divided into quarters just as the year is. See the beginning of Gate 3. The truth is that the planets do not have the ability to affect the sun’s actions, only to add or diminish heat or cold. For the sun’s action is equivalent to the actions of all the others, since it is the largest created body,²¹ Scholars then believed that the sun was the largest created body in the universe. it is closest to the earth,²² There was discussion among medieval astronomers regarding the relative distances of the sun, Mercury, and Venus from the earth. Here Ibn Ezra accepts the view that, besides the moon, the sun is closer to earth than all other planets and stars. and it rules over daytime.