Fact of the day

[Stuuuuuu]

The sun and the moon appear the same size through sheer coincidence. The sun is 400 times bigger and the moon is 400 times closer.

Forgive my pedantry, but the sun is a lot more than 400 times bigger than the moon.

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

Ha ha this thread is turning into pedant of the day.

 

[CTID1988]

The sun and the moon appear the same size through sheer coincidence. The sun is 400 times bigger and the moon is 400 times closer.

Forgive my pedantry, but the sun is a lot more than 400 times bigger than the moon.

It is around 400 times larger than the moon... have i been clarkied!?

The moon has a diameter of around 2,100 miles and the sun about 865,000

 

[pominoz]

The sun and the moon appear the same size through sheer coincidence. The sun is 400 times bigger and the moon is 400 times closer.

Forgive my pedantry, but the sun is a lot more than 400 times bigger than the moon.

It is around 400 times larger than the moon... have i been clarkied!?

The moon has a diameter of around 2,100 miles and the sun about 865,000

Here ffs!

<a class="postlink" href="http://earthsky.org/space/coincidence-that-sun-and-moon-seem-same-size" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://earthsky.org/space/coincidence-t ... -same-size</a>

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

The moon is a ****

Jupiter told me

 

[CTID1988]

The moon is a ****

Jupiter told me

Jupiter is a big, fat spotty wanker

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

The moon is a ****

Jupiter told me

Jupiter is a big, fat spotty wanker

Saturn told me you would say that

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

Whatever you're sat on, lying on or standing on, you're not really....you're hovering on it.

 

[dazdon]

Jeez...what planet are you two on?

 

[Yaya_Tony]

The moon is a ****

Jupiter told me

Jupiter is a big, fat spotty wanker

Saturn told me you would say that

You know where Uranus told Saturn to shove it. That's right, where the Sun don't shine.