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Is mercury or the moon closer to earth's size?
Mercury is larger than the moon and so is closer in size to Earth than the moon is. It should be noted that Mercury is closer in size to the moon than it is to Earth.
Is Mercury larger than the moon?
Mercury is larger. size of Mercury: 4879 km size of Earth's Moon: 3475 km
Is earth larger than mercury?
Mercury is almost the same size as the Moon. The Moon is smaller than Earth. Mercury is then smaller than Earth.
What planet is the size of earth's moon?
The only planet close in size to the moon is Mercury, the closest planet to the sun. The mean radius of the moon is 1737.10 km The mean radius of Mercury is 2439.7 km There are many dwarf planets that are close in size to the moon, but that would be another question.
How mercury and Earth's moon similar?
they have the same size + lots of craters
Is Earth's moon the same size as Mercury?
The circumference of the moon is 6,790 miles (10,927 km). The circumference of Mercury is 9,525 miles (15,329 km). Mercury is larger than the moon.
Why does the sun and the moon look the same size on earth?
Though the sun is bigger the moon is closer to earth creating the illusion that they are the same size. Hope this helped.
Why does the moon and sun look the same size from earth?
Though the sun is bigger the moon is closer to earth creating the illusion that they are the same size. Hope this helped.
In size Mercury is intermediate between?
Saturn's moon Titan is larger and Jupiter's moon Callisto is smaller.
Does the moon have to be closer to earth or sun during a solar eclipse?
The moon is ALWAYS much closer to the Earth than it is to the sun. For a solar eclipse, the three bodies have to be lined up, with the moon in the 'middle'. The SIZE of the eclipse (I.E. area covered in shadow) changes if the moon is slightly closer or slightly farther away from Earth. If the Moon is closer to the earth, then the shadowed area is larger. If it is farther from the earth, then the shadowed area is smaller.
Why does the sun and moon look the same size to us on earth?
The sun is millions of times bigger than the moon, but the moon is many times closer to Earth.
Why is the sun and the moon are about the same size when viewed from the earth?
the moon is smaller but its closer. the sun is huge but its way farther away so that why they look the same size.
