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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

xkcd #3301: Stargazing 5

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xkcd #3301: Stargazing 5

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xkcd #3301: Stargazing 5

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The sun and the moon appear the same size in the sky, even though in real life the sun is more than twice as big. Some call this lucky alignment coincidence; others say it’s proof that sometimes things can be the same size.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3301/

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  • 18107@aussie.zone
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    “More than twice as big”

    u telling me Julius Caesar, who has been dead for well over 70 years, made this salad?

    • redjard@reddthat.com
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      There are more atoms in a single molecule of water than stars in the entire solar system.

  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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    This has real Philomena Cunk energy.

  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world
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    Birds of the sky lol

  • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world
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    Someone call Phil Plait!

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    I guess it’s technically correct to say that the sun is “more[!!!] than twice as big” as the moon but kinda not really truthful?

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      Actual number seems to be 400:

      https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/sun-vs-moon-size

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        Nope. It’s 400^3.

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