How Big is Earth Compared to the Sun?

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Close-up of the Sun's surface in orange, with a large glowing prominence arcing off the left edge, and a small blue Earth at lower centre labelled "Approx. size of Earth" with an arrow pointing to it.


Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:rolleyes:
 

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Great picture yomamma!

Scott, that really makes Earth look insignificant.
 
I love feeling small and insignificant in comparison to the vastness of the universe.
 
They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"
 
cyrusabdollahi said:
They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"
:smile: :smile: :smile:

I love it!
 
That close to the sun, the Earth should be yellow like the sun.
 
Astronuc said:
That close to the sun, the Earth should be yellow like the sun.

The Earth would be YELLOW!?

http://www.boyacts.com/babin/moviepics/11.jpg
 
Well the dark side would be redder.

Think Stefan-Boltzmann radiant heat transfer, and do the form factor for the Earth that close to the sun. :biggrin:
 
neutrino said:
Now, that's insignificant!

Infathomable! :bugeye:

Size comparison of stars as spheres: Antares and Betelgeuse large orange, Rigel and Aldebaran smaller, with Arcturus, Pollux, Sirius and the Sun (1 pixel) shown tiny at bottom left, Jupiter invisible at this scale.
 
heh betelgeuse, now i know where did doglas adams took this name from...
 
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“The Universe is Big. Really big. It may seem like a long way to the corner chemist, but compared to the Universe, that’s peanuts.” :biggrin:

Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
 
J77 said:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif

Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter :biggrin:
Cheater! Theoretical constructs not allowed. Besides, hmmmm...it only looks about as big as Betelgeuse, wot?
 
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Well, Arcturus is apparently 22 000 000 000 m diameter... :biggrin:
 
This is really big!

<---------------------------------------------:biggrin:--------------------------------------------->
 
yomamma said:
sunprom_soho.jpg


Does anyone else find this scary yet cool at the same time?:rolleyes:

Not forgetting your spf 10000000 sunscreen... priceless
 
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