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The Sun is ENORMOUS compared to other objects in the solar system! It is so massive that is accounts for 99.9% of all of the matter in the solar system. In fact, the Sun is so big that if it were hollow, you could fit over one million Earth's inside of it! The way that the Sun's diameter is measured is by first taking a ngular diameter measurements and then translating them to linear diameter measurements. The angular diameter of the Sun, or more precisely of the photosphere, can be measured by using telescopes especially during total solar eclipses or by timing Mercury when it is in transit in front of the Sun. The first series of measurements were taken in the early 1700's by Jean Picard in Paris, France.
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What is the diameter of Mercury pole to pole?
Mercury is almost a perfect sphere - with a diameter of 4879.42 ± 1.0 km
How many times greater is the sun diameter than the diameter of earth?
500
Why does the North Pole only have one sunset?
Due to the tilt of the Earth. The North pole is pointing at the sun and is light or, as the Earth rotates around the sun and the South pole is pointing at sun, then the North pole is dark.
What season does australia have when the sun does not set at the south pole?
When the sun is not setting at the South Pole, Australia is experiencing Summer - just like lands in the northern hemisphere experience Summer when the sun is not setting at the North Pole.
What is the relative size and distance relationships among the sun earth and moon?
The earth's diameter is 3.67 times the moon's, and 0.0092 of the sun's diameter. The distance to the sun is 391 times the distance to the moon. The moon's diameter is 0.283 of the earth's, and 0.0025 of the sun's. The distance to the earth is 0.0026 times the distance to the sun. The sun's diameter is 109 times the earth's, and 400 times the moon's diameter. On the average over a month, the earth and moon are at equal distances from the sun.
How big is jupitercompared to the sun?
Jupiter has about 1/10 the diameter of the Sun. Note that due to its fast rotation, there is a fairly large difference in the diameter, depending on whether you measure from pole to pole, or from equator to equator. Jupiter also has about 1/1000 the volume of the Sun, and 1/1000 of the Sun's mass.
What is the diameter of geographic North Pole?
The exact diameter of the geographic north pole (like the south pole) is in theory zero.
What is the diameter of the moon in km?
The diameter of the moon at the equator is 3476.28 kilometers. Measured from pole to pole, the diameter is 3471.94 kilometers.
What is the diameter of Mercury pole to pole?
Mercury is almost a perfect sphere - with a diameter of 4879.42 ± 1.0 km
What is a fraction of the sun's diameter?
Any length smaller that the sun's diameter is a fraction of the sun's diameter!
How big is earth in meters?
Approximately 12,756,320 meters in diameter at the equator. Approximately 12,715,430 meters in diameter from pole to pole.
How wide is the sun in kilo meters?
The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers.The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers.The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers.The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers.
Diameter of the sun?
diameter of the sun-1,4 million killometer
Is the Sun's diameter about 4 times earths diameter?
No. The sun's diameter is about 109 times that of Earth.
How does the Earth's diameter compare to the Sun's diameter?
The Sun's diameter is about 108 times the size of Earth's. (The Sun has a diameter of about 865,000 miles compared to Earth at 8000 miles.)
What is the size of the sun in diameter?
The Sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers.
What is the diameter or the size of the sun?
The Sun's diameter is 1.4 million kilometers.
