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Possibly one of the most interesting things this shows is just how big space is. Even though Saturn and it's rings are nearly 30x bigger than the earth, it woul
by lucaspiller 13y ago
Possibly one of the most interesting things this shows is just how big space is. Even though Saturn and it's rings are nearly 30x bigger than the earth, it would still be over 200,000km from the surface of the earth in this case.
- VLM 13y agoThat's where the math gets fuzzy. If the earth is about 10000 kilometers in diameter (yes I am well aware I'm rounding to one sig fig, and in this case it's OK) then saturn + rings being 30 times bigger (in diameter I assume?) would be 300,000km, so being a mere 200,000km away does that mean from the center in which case we'd be part of the ring system (whoops) or a further 200 megameters past the biggest part of the rings in which case I'd call it 500,000 km away not 200,000 km.