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How Far Away is the Moon? (The Scale of the Universe)

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Veritasium

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT
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If the Earth were the size of a basketball and the moon a tennis ball, how far apart would they be? Diagrams that are not to scale make us think that they're closer than they really are.

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