2. If you used the 23 cm basketball as your Moon sphere, how big

would an Earth sphere be, and how far would it be from the

basketball?

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Rowdy

30 September, 08:01

2. If you used the 23 cm basketball as your Moon sphere, how big

would an Earth sphere be, and how far would it be from the

basketball?

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Areli Grant · Answer 1

Ok so I heard this question a few times already and couldn't remember how it went so I decided to put my brain to the test, I used my algebra to use and complete it.

If the Earth were shrunk down to the size of a basketball (radius:4.69 inches) the Moon would be a tennis ball (radius: 1.2768 inches, to be exact) 23.5 feet away.

The Sun would be a 42.6-foot sphere (source) located 1.7 miles away.

The closest star, Proxima Centauri, would still be 463,151 miles away - almost twice the distance of the actual moon."

2. If you used the 23 cm basketball as your Moon sphere, how bigwould an Earth sphere be, and how far would it be from thebasketball?

2. If you used the 23 cm basketball as your Moon sphere, how big

would an Earth sphere be, and how far would it be from the

basketball?