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.
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