We know that the sun is enormous when compared to the size of the earth. But just how big is it? ---Question. If little earths could be strung about the equator of the sun like a string of pearls, how many pearls would there be in the neclace? Dozens? Hundreds? More? thanks...
2007-06-26 17:16:04 · 10 answers · asked by Guy E 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Go to this site, it's seriously amazing;
2007-06-26 17:30:49 · answer #1 · answered by Gallifrey 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To answer the question how many earth globes would fit around the sun's equator as a string of pearls:
Diameter of the sun is approximately 108 times the diameter of the earth. Do the following calculation:
108 x pi = 108 x 3.14159
This results in 340 earth globes in a string around the sun's equator
2007-06-26 19:37:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ernst S 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cross section or circumference?
Cross section: You could lay 109 Earth's in a line and cover the Sun's equator from one side to the other.
Circumference. You could string 340 Earths around the equator of the Sun
Volume; 1,300,000 Earths could fit inside the Sun.
2007-06-26 17:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by TychaBrahe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In round numbers the Sun is a ball with a diameter 100X that of the Earth about 860,000 miles in diameter. So there would be roughly 300 Earths strung around the Sun's Equator. In round numbers.
2007-06-26 17:23:01 · answer #4 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Diameter
110 X Bigger
Surface
12,000 X Bigger
Volume
1,300,000 Bigger
Mass
330,000 Bigger
Sol has 600 times more mass than all the planets put together!
2007-06-26 17:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Potatohead 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can fit 1 million Earths inside of the Sun
2007-06-26 17:19:47 · answer #6 · answered by AbCdEfG 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Earth's diameter 12,700km
Sun's Diameter 1,380,000km
so the sun is 1380000/12700= 108 time larger
so 108
2007-06-26 17:27:07 · answer #7 · answered by ctmtz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
SUN FACTS
Equatorial Radius
Metric: 695,500 km
English: 432,200 miles
Scientific Notation: 6.955 x 105 km
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth
---
Equatorial Circumference
Metric: 4,379,000 km
English: 2,715,000 miles
Scientific Notation: 4.36 x 106 km
By Comparison: 109 x that of Earth
---
Volume
Metric: 1,142,200,000,000,000,000 km3
English: 2.7403 x 1017 mi3
Scientific Notation: 1.1422 x 1018 km3
By Comparison: 1,300,000 Earths
---
Mass
Metric: 1,989,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
English: 4,385,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs
Scientific Notation: 1.989 x 1030 kg
By Comparison: 332,900 x Earth's
---
Density
Metric: 1.409 g/cm3
By Comparison: 0.255 that of Earth
---
Surface Area
Metric: 6,087,799,000,000 km2
English: 2,347,000,000,000 square miles
Scientific Notation: 6.0787 x 1012 km2
By Comparison: 11,990 Earths
2007-06-26 17:21:27 · answer #8 · answered by Einstein 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
my guess is the sun is ten times bigger than the earth and that´s if we´re using earth´s own measurement...
2007-06-26 17:22:04 · answer #9 · answered by bAbY_Gurl26^ 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Myi5UylxYME
Amazing, huh?
2007-06-27 03:40:00 · answer #10 · answered by unknown user 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋