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Ask HN: If earth was the size of a coin, how far to the nearest star?

3 pointsby forgottenacc57almost 8 years ago
An 8 year old asked me....

4 comments

petercooperalmost 8 years ago
I calculate the earth is about 566 million £1 coins wide so everything scales down by roughly that much. So the sun would be 0.164 miles away.. and Proxima Centauri 44,063 miles away?
Piskvorrralmost 8 years ago
Googling &quot;coin size&quot;: Coin radius: 38.1 mm - silver dollar (Cited from: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cointalk.com&#x2F;threads&#x2F;us-coin-relative-sizes-chart.232753&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cointalk.com&#x2F;threads&#x2F;us-coin-relative-sizes-char...</a>)<p>Googling &quot;earth size&quot;: Earth radius: 6371 km<p>Googling &quot;distance to sun in km&quot; Distance to Sun: 149.6 million km<p>38.1e-4 &#x2F; x = 6371e4 &#x2F; 149.6e10<p>Doing the calculation is left as an exercise to the reader.
thanatos519almost 8 years ago
What kind of coin? If it was as big as a Triganic Pu, then ... about 4 light years.
davelnewtonalmost 8 years ago
Isn&#x27;t this just math?