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How big is earth in comparison to the universe?

Answer 1

well, the universe is 45 billion light years in all directions and the earth measures 24,000 miles around.

Putting 24,000 over that number and you will have a reasonable answer, in theory only of course. A light year is 5,878,499,810,000 miles. Now multiply that by 45 billion, which equals about 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. I doubt there is even a word for that number.

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Answer 2

Claire Anctil

In the grand scheme of things, Earth is minuscule in comparison to the vastness of the universe.

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