46
TIL that the moon is 1/400th the diameter of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.
Author
Account Strength
100%
Account Age
14 years
Verified Email
Yes
Verified Flair
No
Total Karma
291,657
Link Karma
284,472
Comment Karma
7,165
Profile updated: 1 week ago
Posts updated: 10 months ago
Subreddit
Post Details
We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not
always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare
these values to the post title and body for confirmation.
- Posted
- 6 years ago
- Reddit URL
- View post on reddit.com
- External URL
- http://earthsky.org/spac...