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One can compare the size of the Sun, Moon and Earth in more than one way, but comparing Mass and volume are probably the most informative.
Below this answer are the numbers for the mass and volume of each as well as the ratios to see how they compare, but it is probably worthwhile to put a few of these quantities into words first.
- The Moon's mass is just over 1% of the mass of the whole Earth.
- The Moon's volume is almost 2% of the volume of the Earth since it is a little less dense than the Earth.
- The Sun is a lot less dense (on average) than the Earth, about 140% the density of water and half as dense as the Moon.
- Even so, the Sun has 27 million times the mass of the Moon and 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.
- One hears people say that you could fit a million Earths into the Sun and by that they mean that the volume of the Sun is more than a million times greater than the Earth (1.3 million).
- Since the volume of the Earth is 49 times the volume of the moon, that means you could fit 64 million Moons inside the Sun!
Below are the actual numbers.
Mass:
Mass Values: (10^24 kg =
one trillion trillion kilograms)
Moon Mass: 0.0735 x 10^24 kg
Earth Mass: 5.974 x 10^24 kg
Sun Mass: 1,989,100 x 10^24 kg
Mass Comparison
Sun/Earth: The Sun has 333,000 times the mass of the Earth.
Earth/Moon: The Earth has 81
times the mass of the Moon.
Sun/Moon: The Sun has 27,073,171 times the mass of the Moon.
Volume Values: (10^12 km^3 =
trillion cubic kilometers)
Moon Volume: .022 x 10^12 km^3
Earth Volume: 1.08 x 10^12 km^3
Sun Volume: 1,412,000 x 10^12 km^3
Volume Comparison:
Sun/Earth: The Sun has 1,304,000 times the volume of the Earth.
Earth/Moon: The Earth has 49.3 times the volume of the Moon.
Sun/Moon: The Sun has 64,236,453 times the volume of the Moon.
What else can I help you with?
One of Jupiter's moons is as big as the planet mercury if the moon is so big why is it a moon and not a planet?
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is as big as Mercury but is classified as a moon because it orbits Jupiter rather than orbiting the sun directly. Planets are celestial bodies that orbit the sun directly, while moons orbit planets. Ganymede's orbit around Jupiter classifies it as a moon rather than a planet.
When the Sun passes between the Moon and the Earth you have?
a solar eclipse. This occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun's light from reaching the Earth. It can result in either a total or partial solar eclipse, depending on the alignment of the three celestial bodies.
When was the moon closest to the sun it is at?
* When Earth is at periapsis (closest to the Sun, in January), Earth, and therefore the Moon, are closer to the Sun than when Earth is at apapsis. * On average, at new moon the Moon is closer to the Sun than at full moon, since at full moon the Moon is opposite to the Sun in the sky.
Which is the smallest planet out of the Earth the Sun and the Moon?
The moon is the smallest out of the Sun,Earth and moon. It should be note, though, that neither the sun nor the moon are planets; the sun is a star and the moon is a natural satellite.
Are sun and moon stars?
The Sun is a star. A moon is a (moon) also known as a: satellite.
Is the moon as big as the sun?
No. The sun is 400 times the size of the moon.
How big is the moon compared to the sun?
The moon is much smaller than the sun. The sun is about 400 times larger in diameter than the moon.
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:)
Does the sun and the moon seem to be the same exact size during an solar ellipse?
the sun is a very big thing and is far away the moon is small compared to the sun and is near to us when the big sun goes far away it seems to be as big as the moon near to us
Why the sun and moon seems to be the same size in the sky?
The sun is big but far away. the moon is close(er) but smallish
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 big is the moon and sun together?
If you could compare the sun to the size of a penny, an electronic microscope would be needed to see the moon.
How big is the Sun in comparison to the moon and earth?
The diameter of the sun is about 109 times the diameter of the earth,and about 400 times the diameter of 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).
Are moon and sun the same?
No. The sun is the bright yellow thing in the sky. The moon is the big white thing in the sky.
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).
Which is larger the moon or the sun?
Saturn - It is larger than both the earth and the moon
