How big is earth?

chicano · by **chicano** on Mon, Nov 19 2007, 11:53 AM

[font=Comic Sans MS] Is the earth really that big?

Yes, it is, but compared to other planets, and stars..it gets owned. I saw this in another website and I was just amazed on how crazy this was.[/font]

ur1nonly · by **ur1nonly** on Mon, Nov 19 2007, 12:25 PM

i love astronomy shit... i think its cuz i had to take it twice to be able to get that .5 science credit i needed in h.s to graduate lol but yea, that is cool how theres all these stars that literally leave the earth behind when it comes to size. that crazy how after they took pluto off the planet list they found something else that they think is another planet i never heard the name though

iPedro · by **iPedro** on Mon, Nov 19 2007, 6:30 PM

It's pretty amazing... also how that image kinda puts it into prospective, wow. Can you imagine if our planet was the size of the last star ( the biggest ) ? :whew:

chicano · by **chicano** on Tue, Nov 20 2007, 9:01 AM

[font=Comic Sans MS] That last picture is just incredible. The sun is like a little spec of sand compared to that last star. [/font]

iPedro · by **iPedro** on Tue, Nov 20 2007, 9:17 PM

The Sun has a radius 100 times that of the Earth which means that about 1,000,000 (1 million) Earths would fit into the Sun!
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=97

And yet is barely visible agaist the the huge star! ( Canis majoris ) :Clap:

chicano wrote:[font=Comic Sans MS] That last picture is just incredible. The sun is like a little spec of sand compared to that last star.[/font]

lokitz_559 · by **lokitz_559** on Tue, Nov 20 2007, 9:27 PM

thats tripped out

caker · by **caker** on Wed, Nov 21 2007, 3:03 PM

Cool! Did you all read about the comet that exploded at the end of October?? It was visible to the 'naked eye', and could be seen even better if you had a pair of binoculars. I think you can still see it, if you Google it or look it up in Yahoo you'll find it and on Yahoo it give you directions on where to look, pretty neat. You may want to look soon, the moon is about to block your view.

ur1nonly · by **ur1nonly** on Wed, Nov 21 2007, 10:47 PM

^^ wow that looks like something interesting to watch caker, have u taken a look outside and see if u could spot it?

caker · by **caker** on Sun, Nov 25 2007, 9:50 PM

Yep! It's fading compared to when it first happened. It's best seen here in Texas around 3 in the morning. I know, I know, who's gonna be up at that hour, but sometimes I just can't sleep, or I'm up studying. :roll:

iPedro · by **iPedro** on Tue, Nov 27 2007, 9:16 AM

I didn't hear about that... that would of been neat to see. I'm pretty sure you would have a betta view of it since ya live in the boondocks, lol.. :lol:

caker wrote:Yep! It's fading compared to when it first happened. It's best seen here in Texas around 3 in the morning. I know, I know, who's gonna be up at that hour, but sometimes I just can't sleep, or I'm up studying.

elchicano · by **elchicano** on Sat, Jan 12 2008, 6:39 PM

if you all like star gazing you can download

celestia
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

or

stellarium
http://www.stellarium.org/

both are free downloads and available on Microcrap Windows for you unenlightened ones

brwn_eyes · by **brwn_eyes** on Sat, Jan 12 2008, 10:41 PM

wow...that was really cool. thanks for sharing!!!! That last picture of the star is pretty trippy....i love all that astronomy stuff though. It's so beautiful!!!!!! :wink:

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