• @Reddfugee42
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    146 months ago

    Always time for one of my favorite fun facts:

    The moon is so far away from the earth that all the planets in the solar system could fit between the earth and the moon.

    I mean, not for long, but it would be worth it.

    • Johanno
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      46 months ago

      Hold on a second. You can fit Jupiter and Uranus in there?

      WTF?! I have to check this.

      • Johanno
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        6 months ago

        Ok shortest distance earth moon surface: 340 000 km.

        1. Diameter Jupiter: 143 000 km
        2. Diameter Uranus: 51 000 km
        3. Diameter Neptun: 49 500 km
        4. Venus: 12 000 km
        5. Mars: 6 800 km
        6. Mercury: 4 800 km

        Earth: 12 800 km

        Damn I even can fit an another earth in there and it is still plenty of space

            • Johanno
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              26 months ago

              Well 340 is the shortest distance of the orbit

              • @[email protected]
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                36 months ago

                True! But that was also what you used 😜 I looked up the average distance though, which seems to be 385 000 km. Which means we would fit everyone with about 2 000 km to spare 😃

    • Match!!
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      46 months ago

      The interesting part is that it would be kind of a close fit, astronomically speaking