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[–] 59 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Australia is wider than the moon. If earth had the size of a football (soccer), the moon would be about 7m away. If the sun had a diameter of 1m, Neptune would be 5.6km away. In that scale model, the next star would be placed in the outer planets. Space is insanely big.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I’m confused what you mean by wider. As far as I can tell Australia is about 4000km wide and the moon’s circumference is about 11000km

    EDIT: it’s late and I am dumb, I take it you mean the moon’s diameter! 3474km

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I looked up the circumference of a football and it said about 70cm. As the moon is about 10 times the circumference of the earth away, that'd put the moon at 7m away.

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    A 70cm diameter soccer ball (>2 ft across) would be kinda fun. Except headers the CTE would be even worse!

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    All Very true facts. I admit I was and am still taken aback by the measurement and extrapolation of linear distances using... circumference.

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