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notRobot
1660 days ago
All planets in the solar system could fit side-by-side between the earth and the moon.
Astronomical distances be wild, yo.
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trilinearnz
1659 days ago
Wow! I guess you get a little biased when looking at those artistic representations of the solar system from a young age that aren't to scale.
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kzrdude
1660 days ago
The other factoid though, VY Canis Majoris fits inside the orbit of Saturn... that's huge in the other direction. Especially compared with what you said.
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