Comment on Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8parentComments−127001brewer14yHere's an image of the Earth (on the left) and the Moon (on the right) to get a better sense of the distance between the two:http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/51000/5196...−losvedir14yWow, I'm not sure I fully grasped the distance until I saw that picture. The fact that people actually went allllll the way out there and back just astounds me.−peteretep14yAlso: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/planets/Luna/Luna2c.png−mynameishere14yI like this better. Also shows you the speed of light.http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Speed_of_...
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Here's an image of the Earth (on the left) and the Moon (on the right) to get a better sense of the distance between the two:
http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/51000/5196...
Wow, I'm not sure I fully grasped the distance until I saw that picture. The fact that people actually went allllll the way out there and back just astounds me.
Also: http://www.freemars.org/jeff/planets/Luna/Luna2c.png
I like this better. Also shows you the speed of light.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Speed_of_...