Visualizing the Size of the Moon and Its Distance to Earth Using a Basketball and Tennis Ball

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Romanticizing the moon ? #didyouknow #space #moon #earth #solarsystem #month #funfacts #science #dateideas #information

? original sound – Alex Worden

Alex Worden very cleverly visualized the size and the distance of the moon to the Earth in relative terms using a basketball and a tennis ball. While doing that he also compared the size of the United States to the size of the moon.

In a separate post, Worden also used the same tools plus an apartment building to visualize the size of the sun in comparison to both the Earth and moon.

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Small Earth. Small Sun? #didyouknow #space #solarsystem #earth #sun #scale #funfacts #moon #basketball

? original sound – Alex Worden

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Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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