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∙ 14y agoIf the Earth were the size of a ballpoint pen, the Sun would be about the size of a house or a small building in comparison. The Sun's diameter is about 109 times larger than Earth's, making it much bigger in scale.
If the Earth was the size of a basketball, then the Moon would be about the size of a tennis ball in relative scale. The Moon is about 1/4 the diameter of Earth, so in this scenario, its size would proportionally shrink down as well.
If the sun was the size of an eye, the Earth would be smaller than a grain of sand in comparison. The size difference would be huge, highlighting the immense scale of the sun compared to Earth.
It would take approximately 360 moons placed next to each other to extend from one point on the horizon to the point directly opposite on the horizon, assuming each moon is the same size as Earth's moon.
Sputnik was a small, metallic sphere that appeared as a bright point of light moving across the sky. It was about the size of a beach ball and emitted radio signals that could be detected by radio operators on Earth.
Mars is about 53% the size of Earth. This means that if you were to represent the size of Mars compared to Earth as a fraction, it would be 0.53/1.
No, Earth is bigger than a soccer ball. The analogy you may have seen is that if Earth were the size of a soccer ball, the Moon would be the size of a tennis ball, and would orbit the Earth at an average distance of 22 feet away.
the size of a basketball
Yes, it is.According to the World Pool-Billiard Association, a pool ball is 2.25 inches in diameter, and has a tolerance of +/- 0.005 inches. In other words, it must have no pits or bumps more than 0.005 inches in height. That's pretty smooth. The ratio of the size of an allowable bump to the size of the ball is 0.005/2.25 = about 0.002. The Earth has a diameter of about 12,735 kilometers (on average, see below for more on this). Using the smoothness ratio from above, the Earth would be an acceptable pool ball if it had no bumps (mountains) or pits (trenches) more than 12,735 km x 0.00222 = about 28 km in size. The highest point on Earth is the top of Mt. Everest, at 8.85 km. The deepest point on Earth is the Marianas Trench, at about 11 km deep. Hey, those are within the tolerances! So for once, an urban legend is correct. If you shrank the Earth down to the size of a billiard ball, it would be smoother.
If the Earth's size is reduced to that of an orange, the Sun would be around the size of a beach ball and would be located approximately 25 meters away from Earth (about 82 feet). This demonstrates the vast difference in scale between the Earth and the Sun.
In the scale in which the sun is the size of a regulation golf ball, Earth is the size of one medium grain of sand, and the distance between them is about 458 centimeters.
Spaceship Earth at Epcot is 180 feet tall. A golf ball is 1.68 inches tall. A 6 foot tall golfer is about 42 times taller than the golf ball. Therefore, to use Spaceship Earth as a golf ball you need to be around 7,714 feet tall, or just under 1.5 miles tall. An average drive for a golfer that size would be nearly 150 miles.
If the sun was the size of an eye, the Earth would be smaller than a grain of sand in comparison. The size difference would be huge, highlighting the immense scale of the sun compared to Earth.
the medium paper ball
The best way to tell you the size of a butterfly brain is to compare it to something instead of giving an actual measurement. Their brain is roughly same size as the point of a ball point pen.
If the Earth were the size of a penny, the Sun would be about the size of a large beach ball or around 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) in diameter in comparison. The Sun is much larger than the Earth, with a diameter about 109 times that of Earth.
a ball about 80 feet in diameter
It would take about 18.6 Mercurys to equal the size of Earth. Mercury has a diameter of approximately 4,880 kilometers, whereas Earth has a diameter of about 12,742 kilometers.