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The diameter of the sun is about 109 times the diameter of the earth,
and about 400 times the diameter of the moon.
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Is the moon big?
Yes the moon is big compared to the human, but small in comparison to the earth.
What is bigger the earth sun or the moon?
the sun is the biggest, but the sun is just a big,big,big star as i know because im a scientist:)
Which is larger the moon or the sun?
Saturn - It is larger than both the earth and the moon
The sun is very big compared to the moonwhy does the moon look bigger than the sun when you view from the earth?
Because the sun is farther away from earth than the moon.
How is a moon different from a star?
Simply put, the sun, our sun, is a great big ball of burning gas. The moon on the other hand is a large cold lump of rock that is orbiting the earth. The moon revolves around the earth and the earth revolves around the sun. A moon is a hunk of rock and dust orbiting a planet. Planets orbit their star, which is a giant ball of gas and thermonuclear fire. A Sun is a huge object that fuses Hydrogen to make vast amounts of energy. The Moon is a ball of rock, much smaller in comparison.
When the Sun passes between the Moon and the Earth you have?
The sun has never passed between the moon and the Earth. If it did, we'd all be in big trouble, as the space between the moon and the Earth isn't even big enough for the sun to fit through. Fortunately, we don't have much to worry about, since the sun is almost 400 times as far away from us as the moon is.
How big is the sun from the moon?
The Sun looks the same size from the Moon as it does from the Earth, varying from smaller to larger by less than 1%.
How many times big the Sun from Moon?
The Sun is about 400 times as big (diameter) as the Moon. It just happens that the Sun is about 400 times as far away as the Moon so that when the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun there can be a total eclipse of the Sun. The orbit of the Moon is eleiptical , sometimes close and sometimes farther away from the earth and when the alignment happens at a time when the Moon is farther away, the eclipse is annular (like a ring).
Does the earth or sun cast a shodow on the moon?
The sun is the big flashlight that lights up everything it can reach. The earth is the thing that gets in the way of the flashlight, & can darken the moon if the moon passes through its shadow.
Why is the moon closer to earth then the sun?
The moon is closer to the Earth then the Sun because the Earth's gravity pulls the moon closer. Also trillions of years ago the Earth was very big. Scientists suspect a meteor hit the Earth and a piece of the Earth broke off. That piece is now called the Moon.
Is the sun is bigger than a moon?
The sun's diameter is about 400 times as big as our moon's diameter, 108 times as big as the Earth's, and about 10 times the diameter of the biggest planet (Jupiter).
Is the moon really big enough to cover the sun?
Yes. The Sun (or the photosphere which is the brightest part of what we see) has a diameter that is almost exactly 400 times the diameter of the Moon. As the Sun is usually close to 400 times further away from the surface of the Earth than the Moon, when the Earth Moon and Sun line up, a shadow of the Moon is cast on the Earth. Right there the Moon "covers" the Sun. As far as we know this Earth is the only place (among all the known planets - which are not all that many mind you) where the Sun is eclipsed by a moon.
