Why do the sun and moon appear the same size in the sky when the sun's diameter is four hundred times greater than the diameter of the moon?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

When things are closer to you, they can appear larger than objects which are comparatively bigger, but further away from you.

Coincidentally, while the sun is about 400 times larger than the moon, it is also 400 times the distance away, meaning they look roughly the same size from here on earth.

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∙ 13y ago

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Compared to Earth's diameter the sun's diameter is about?

the sun's diameter is about 110 times greater than the diameter of our earth.

How many times greater is Jupiter's diameter than earths?

Jupiter's diameter is about 11 times greater than the Earth's diameter.

How many times greater is the sun's diameter compared to earth's?

The Sun's diameter is about 109 times greater than Earth's.

Compared to earths diameter the suns diameter is about?

110 times greater..

How many times greater is five thousand than five hundred?

Five thousand is ten times greater than five hundred.

How many times bigger is a ten thousand than a hundred?

One hundred times greater.

Is the circumference greater than the diameter?

No. Circumfrence=2 times pi times radius. And since the daimeter = 2 times radius, circumference is diameter times pi.

How many times greater than the moon in diameter is the sun?

400 times (rounded)

How many times greater is the suns diameter than the diameter of earth?

The sun's diameter is about 1.4 million kilometers, which is more than 100 times earth's diameter.

How many times is Earth larger than the Moon?

Earth's diameter is about 3.7 times bigger than the Moon's Earth's volume is about 50 times greater than the Moon's Earth's surface area is about 14.29 times greater than the Moon's Earth's mass is about 81.3 times greater than the Moon's

The diameter of Jupiter is how many more times then earths?

The diameter of Jupiter is 142,984km, and the diameter of Earth is 12,756km. This would mean that Jupiter's diameter is 11.2x greater than that of Earth.

How many times greater is a ten thousand than a hundred?

100 times

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