# @gravitonomy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DePBVlBvzoN
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/71368038-gravitonomy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-10-08T13:16:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Gravitonomy (@gravitonomy) — https://gondola.cc/gravitonomy

## Caption

If the Sun were reduced to the diameter of a human body, Earth and the Moon would become surprisingly tiny. The Sun is about 109 times wider than Earth, while the Moon is about 27% of Earth’s diameter. The real shock comes from the distances: sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach Earth, while the Moon is only about 1.3 light seconds away. Scale models make the enormous proportions of our cosmic neighborhood much easier to visualize.

MLA Source: NASA. “Sun Fact Sheet.” NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html. 

Via: u/cryingintheshower (Reddit)
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