The sun and tne moon appear about the same size to observers on earth", but the sun actually has a diameter 400 times t£at of the moon, Since the moon is only about 239,000 miles away, and the sun is about 92,900,000, the enormous difference in size is not readily apparent.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 59, 7 September 1937, Page 13
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