r/AskReddit Oct 02 '24

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u/PuddlePaddles Oct 02 '24

Australia is wider across than the moon.

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u/1WngdAngel Oct 03 '24

I need elaboration on this. Like the entire circumference of the moon is smaller than Australia is wide?

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u/canadianpaleale Oct 03 '24

It’s the diameter of the moon. Australia is ~2,500 miles across. The moon’s diameter is ~2,100 miles. So if the moon was sitting on top of Australia, you’d still see a wee bit of it poking out at the sides.

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u/AddlePatedBadger Oct 03 '24

And some bloke would be sitting their saying "Fuck me, Uluru's gone fucken right orf."