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Weird Facts About The World (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 OP
Well, did not know about the cubic poop dhol82 Jul 2019 #1
"cubic poop"....... a unit of measure only used in Australia? nt mitch96 Jul 2019 #5
That was fun! Thx 🙂 MLAA Jul 2019 #2
I believe it's not really accurate to say that Australia is wider than the moon ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #3
this ... left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #4
I'm saying that's comparing apples to oranges ... mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #6
okie dokie smokie left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #7
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
3. I believe it's not really accurate to say that Australia is wider than the moon ...
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 12:57 PM
Jul 2019

To assert that is the case would involve comparing essentially a 3-dimensional measurement (width of Australia across the surface of a sphere) with a 2-dimensional measurement (the diameter of the moon).

If Australia were plopped onto the surface of the moon, on the equator, on the side facing the Earth, I don't believe that it would span the entire visible surface of it, East to West (i.e. 1/2 of the moon).

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
6. I'm saying that's comparing apples to oranges ...
Mon Jul 8, 2019, 02:55 PM
Jul 2019

A country on the surface of the earth (a sphere) doesn't really have a 'diameter', it's not the proper measurement. One should be comparing it to the circumference of the moon, which is 6787mi.

Australia is 2,511 miles wide, which is 36% of the moons circumference.

Ergo, if you took Australia off Earth and plopped it onto the visible side of the moon, it would not traverse the entire 1/2 of the moon that's visible to us.

At least that is how I believe one should properly compare these two bodies.

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