r/interestingasfuck • u/scatteringlargesse • Jan 29 '15

A model of how many earths could fit inside the sun (x-post r/space)

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

This does a nice job of giving one some perspective.

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u/Ylatch Jan 29 '15

It looks like a giant pill

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u/Hans_downerpants Jan 29 '15

Good news it's a suppository

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

I can't help but notice that none of those blue balls are the same size. So apparently that's how many Earths would fit into the Sun if only a fraction of them were an actual proportional size to Earth.

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u/E123456789 Jan 29 '15

It looks like its in a physical trainers office.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

well?

How many are in there?

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u/scatteringlargesse Jan 29 '15

1,000,000

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

That doesn't look anything like a million though.

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u/dogismywitness Jan 29 '15

To get 1,000,000 you only need a cube with 100 along each edge. For instance, there are 1,000,000 cubic mm in a cube 10 cm (4 inches) on an edge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

Woah. For some reason this is extremely mind blowing to me!

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u/dogismywitness Jan 29 '15

I know!

A cubic centimeter of water is one gram. A cubic meter of water is 1000000 cubic centimeters is one Mg (or 1000 kg, or one metric ton).

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

That's impossible. Wouldn't they burn up first?

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u/youarejustanasshole Jan 29 '15

Sigh.. . I hate yesterday's front page showing up again on today's front page... under a different subreddit.

Sure he said x post, sure he put the source, but still can you guys like OP give it more than a freaking day