cool comparisons, n.Trivia

The sun is a medium-sized star --- if it were as big as a ping pong ball, VY Canis Majoris would be almost as big as a football field

A protein molecule is tiny --- if the diameter of a single human were the size of the Empire State Building (443m), it would be the height of a dog

Mercury is small --- if Earth were a cherry tomato, it would be the size of a peppercorn

1 order of magnitude is the difference between a grain of sugar and a marble

A nucleus is small --- if an atom were the size of a football stadium, the nucleus would be the size of a marble surrounded by vast regions of empty space

Cyclists are able to produce enough power to power a home when sprinting

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way at 3 trillion (with a mere 100-400 billion stars in the galaxy)

Manhattan is not that dense --- If the entire world were as dense as it, the global population could fit inside a space the size of Colorado

A nanometer is to a single hair what an inch is to a mile

If the Earth were the size of a pin head, the sun would be the size of a soccer ball

A billion sheets of paper would be as tall as an 8 story building (83'4'')

The Milky Way is so large that If the Earth were the size of a golfball, the Milky Way would not even be able to fit in our solar system

Atoms are so tiny that an atom compared to a small person is similar in size to that small person compared to the sun

Atoms are so tiny that an atom is to a pebble as a pebble is to Mt. Everest

If a cell were the size of a nickel, you would be over 1.25 miles tall

The sun is productive of so much energy that what hits the Earth every hour equals more energy than we use in a year

The earth is tiny --- if it were a grain of sand, the sun would be the size of a grapefruit

The nucleus of an atom is so small, it's like a pea in the middle of a racetrack

Saturn is large --- if Earth were a cherry tomato, it would be the size of a large Grapefruit

DNA is long --- if unravelled, a single DNA strand would be several centimeters in length