Remember when they found out that the barycenter of the solar system was OUTSIDE of the sun? And the astronomers were so proud of their precision within 30 meters!
30 meters!
That's the difference between a big old ship and and ant! But also, it is objectively impressive and tells you how humongous their numbers and distances are.
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/113582762053708704
@futurebird I wanted to see a picture of earth and moon to scale with the distance between them.
Turns out, our standard screen resolutions make this kinda impossible because drawn to scale, […]
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