While listening to a podcast last night, I think it was the most recent Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, I re-learned a fact that, upon each hearing, nearly blows my mind.
Do you know how many Earths, our home planet, could “fit” inside the Sun — our home star? Well, depending on whether you mean “whole, undivided Earths” or not, the answer seems to be either on the near side of ONE MILLION or the far. That’s million.
And how big is the Earth, relative to me? Well, I’m just shy of 6 feet tall. If you were to stack clones of me, you would need nearly 7 million Andrews to equal the diameter of Earth.
Man, I feel small now!
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