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1. I've got about 1 3/4 inches

Fri Jan 4, 2013, 07:04 AM

Jan 2013

Funny! It's a bit under 1 1/2 inches when I look at it sideways. I wonder why that is.

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The actual distance between earth & moon! [View all] Ichingcarpenter Jan 2013 OP

I've got about 1 3/4 inches longship Jan 2013 #1

It's all about size with some people... Thor_MN Jan 2013 #6

My thoughts as well.... n/t 2on2u Jan 2013 #11

*Illustration not to scale tridim Jan 2013 #3

By my calculations, the moon should be about twice as far away. FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #5

Ah, never mind. FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #14

Wow, it looks much, much further away then I had thought Ter Jan 2013 #7

Just sit under an apple tree. NutmegYankee Jan 2013 #9

Well, we're 81 times heavier.. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #12