How Big is Earth Compared to the Sun?

[JamesU]

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

 

[scott1]

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060828.html
SAVE PLUTO!

 

[Evo]

Great picture yomamma!

Scott, that really makes Earth look insignificant.

 

[franznietzsche]

I love feeling small and insignificant in comparison to the vastness of the universe.

 

[Cyrus]

They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"

 

[franznietzsche]

They should have wrote, "<------you are here!"

I love it!

 

[Astronuc]

That close to the sun, the Earth should be yellow like the sun.

 

[Cyrus]

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

 

[Astronuc]

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.

 

[neutrino]

Now, that's insignificant!

Check this out - http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

 

[Galileo]

Now, that's insignificant!

Infathomable!

 

[J77]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif

Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter

(http://www.merzo.net/index.html)

 

[TuviaDaCat]

heh betelgeuse, now i know where did doglas adams took this name from...

 

[Astronuc]

“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.”

Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

 

[alias25]

OMG! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Gokul43201]

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3456/500000kmppdysonsphereif1.gif

Dyson sphere - 200 000 000 km diameter

Cheater! Theoretical constructs not allowed. Besides, hmmmm...it only looks about as big as Betelgeuse, wot?

 

[J77]

Well, Arcturus is apparently 22 000 000 000 m diameter...

 

[Astronuc]

This is really big!

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[Zantra]

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

Not forgetting your spf 10000000 sunscreen... priceless