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If you hold your thumb in front of your eye, it looks bigger than a full grown person who is far away. Similarly, from the earth the moon looks big because it is less than two light seconds from us (about 1.3), whereas the stars are all light years away--except for our local star.
Note, our sun appears about as big as the moon does from earth's surface, even though it is 8.4 light minutes from us. Using the ratio of 1.3 seconds to 8.4 minutes gives the approximate number of times larger than the moon the sun is--390 times. (The actual number is 400 times). That's just the diameter measurement. The total volume difference (size) is proportionate to the cube of that.
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Which is bigger a star or a moon?
A star is MUCH larger than a moon.
What is bigger star or moon?
it depends some stars are huge,10x the sun, and some are puny, smaller or about the same as the moon
Are stars bigger or the moon?
Stars are much much bigger than the moon. They only appear to be smaller because they are so far away as compared to the moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A star is a gigantic celestial body of hot gas that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. The moon appears bigger because it is so much closer to us than the stars. The sun is also considered as a star.
What is the star bigger than the moon?
Our local star, the SUN, is very much bigger than the Moon. In fact all the total masses of all the planets and satellites, would fit easily inside the SUN, with space in the Sun remaining. Our Sun , is a very ordindary Star both by size and mass compared to other stars. Other stars appear to be so small, is because they are so far away (many light years).
Is the moon big then the star?
The moon is bigger than most stars as seen from Earth, but it is much smaller than the majority of stars in the universe. Stars vary greatly in size, with some being hundreds or even thousands of times larger than the moon.
Which is bigger a star or a moon?
A star is MUCH larger than a moon.
What is bigger star or moon?
it depends some stars are huge,10x the sun, and some are puny, smaller or about the same as the moon
Are stars bigger or the moon?
Stars are much much bigger than the moon. They only appear to be smaller because they are so far away as compared to the moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A star is a gigantic celestial body of hot gas that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior. The moon appears bigger because it is so much closer to us than the stars. The sun is also considered as a star.
What is the star bigger than the moon?
Our local star, the SUN, is very much bigger than the Moon. In fact all the total masses of all the planets and satellites, would fit easily inside the SUN, with space in the Sun remaining. Our Sun , is a very ordindary Star both by size and mass compared to other stars. Other stars appear to be so small, is because they are so far away (many light years).
Is the moon big then the star?
The moon is bigger than most stars as seen from Earth, but it is much smaller than the majority of stars in the universe. Stars vary greatly in size, with some being hundreds or even thousands of times larger than the moon.
Why does the moon seem bigger than any other star?
The moon is much closer to Earth than any other star, which makes it appear larger in the sky. Stars are actually much larger than the moon, but their distance from Earth makes them appear as tiny points of light in the night sky.
Is the earths moon bigger than the sun?
No! The Sun is the biggest star and thing in our solar system
Why does the moon seem bigger than any star?
because stars are further away than the moon so that way the moon looks bigger
Why does the sun seem larger than other stars in the sky?
Because it is the closest star to us. This is the same reason that a quarter looks larger than the moon if you hold it up. The quarter is much closer to you than the moon, so it looks bigger, but it is not really bigger than the moon.
Moon is smaller than star but appear bigger from earth?
Correct. The moon appears larger than the stars because it is much closer to us.
What is bigger than an asteroid?
lots of things are bigger than a astriod ,planets, somtimes a moon, and the biggest star in are solar system.
What if the moon was bigger than earth?
If the moon was bigger than the Earth, than Earth would orbit it and, by our current definitions, it would be a moon.
