I recently watched a Veritasium video where Derek asked people to rank the sizes of moons, planets, galaxies, stars, and the universe. The answers shocked me, as many people did not understand the true scale of the universe. This inspired me to delve deeper into the vastness of space and explore the sizes of different celestial bodies.
Let's start with our own Solar system. The sun is much larger than the Earth, with a diameter 110 times wider. To put this into perspective, imagine a grain of rice representing the Earth.
It would take 1,300 Earths to fill up Jupiter, which is just slightly larger than our moon. In comparison, it would take 1-3 million Earths to fill the sun, showing just how massive it truly is.
When it comes to the distance between the Earth and the moon, many people underestimate the vastness of space. In a scale model, the moon would be around 4-6 meters away from the Earth, which translates to around 300,000 miles in reality. This distance is so expansive that you could fit every planet in our Solar system between the Earth and the moon.
Moving on to stars, there are various types with differing sizes.
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