ASK DR DAN
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Sun
Dear Dr Dan,
How far away is the sun?
-- Amnesiac Astrophysicist
Dear Amnesiac Astrophysicist,
The sun is very far away. Imagine that the sun was a basketball in the middle of a cricket pitch. Then the Earth would be at deep fine leg and would be the size of a marble. Imagine how
crowded it would be. I think we should all consider ourselves very lucky indeed.
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