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The Moon is much larger and much farther away from the Earth than you are probably imagining when you hear this. Still cool, though.
by Cushman 15y ago
The Moon is much larger and much farther away from the Earth than you are probably imagining when you hear this.
Still cool, though.
- 127001brewer 15y agoHere's an image of the Earth (on the left) and the Moon (on the right) to get a better sense of the distance between the two: http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/51000/51969/EarthMoon_juno_2011238_lrg.jpg http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/51000/5196...
- peteretep 15y agoAlso: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/planets/Luna/Luna2c.png http://www.freemars.org/jeff/planets/Luna/Luna2c.png
- losvedir 15y agoWow, I'm not sure I fully grasped the distance until I saw that picture. The fact that people actually went allllll the way out there and back just astounds me.
- mynameishere 15y agoI like this better. Also shows you the speed of light. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Speed_of_light_from_Earth_to_Moon.gif http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Speed_of_...
- afterburner 15y agoWell, cosmically speaking, that does seem quite close.