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The Earth and Moon
Mince:
Here is the moon and Earth, with sizes and distances to scale.
Light takes two seconds to get from the moon to the Earth, so what you see in the night sky is the moon two seconds ago.
If you make the distance between the moon and Earth 390 times larger, that's the distance between the Earth and the sun.
If you make the distance between the moon and Earth 107 million times larger, that's the distance between the Earth and the next nearest star, Alpha Centauri.
Roger Kettle:
I can't help feeling I'm missing something. I kept looking at the attachment and waiting for an alien or something to suddenly appear on screen. Seven hours, I waited.
If your intention was to illustrate how far Earth is from Alpha Centauri, well, thank you. I kind of knew the distance was enormous but thank you anyway. You are now free to point out how stupid I've been.
Mince:
Lol! The image is oversize. Scroll the image from left to right.
It's like the laptop lid all over again.
Diane CBPFC:
I would like to congratulate everyone on their increasing maturity. Not one of you asked Mince about Uranus.
Roger Kettle:
;D
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