How far away is the Moon?
The Earth is 7900 miles across
The Moon 2150 miles across
for a ratio of 3:7
A basketball is 9.4 inches in diameter
A tennis ball 2.6 inches
for a ratio of 3:6
So how far away would a tennis ball Moon have to be from the basketball Earth to be to scale?
The moon is 235,000 miles from the Earth
about 110 times its own diameter
A tennis ball would then have to be about 24 feet from the basketball.
That’s a lot farther than most people would think!