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To: SunkenCiv

What a great picture to show the relative size of a planet to the Sun.


9 posted on 10/16/2011 6:09:51 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (46 55 42 4f)
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To: 6SJ7

:’) And the scale is misleading here, since Venus is much closer to the Earth. :’)


11 posted on 10/16/2011 7:08:23 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: 6SJ7

The Sun’s diameter is about 870,000 miles, Venus’ is about 7700 miles, approx .88% of the Sun’s.


12 posted on 10/16/2011 7:13:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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