How many times bigger is earth than the moon?

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How many times bigger is earth than the moon?

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Last updated May 13 2021.
Originally posted Oct 31 2012 2:47 AM.

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Philip_Eno
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Philip_Eno
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The diameter of the Moon is 3,474 km. Need some comparison? The diameter of the Earth is 12,742 km across. That means that the Moon size is roughly 1/4th the size of the Earth.

http://www.universetoday.com/20398/size-of-the-moon/

Oct 31 2012, 2:51 AM

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looney_tunes

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Depends, of course, on what you mean by size. If the diameter is roughly 4 times as large, the surface area will be about 16 times as large (4 x 4, for an area comparison), and the volume 64 times as much (4 x 4 x 4 for a volume comparison).

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Oct 31 2012, 3:27 AM

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http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html
This site gives all the ratios, including mass; the earth is about 81 times as massive as the moon.

Oct 31 2012, 6:23 AM

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