No one knows. Any tape measure would burn up on its surface, and, even if you were trying to like guesstimate it, it hurts to look at.
Most people think it’s pretty big, though.
Frank,
As a young engineer, you have allowed yourself to fall into a easy trap. No one would measure the Sun to get the circumference since the circumference of the Sun is a known quality.
C = 2PIR
where R is the radius of the Sun. And you have to get R from marketing.
It’s about twice the size of my thumb at arms length.
Except when I’m driving west at 5 PM.
Then it’s about the size of my windshield, and my puny little visor is powerless to save me from it’s blinding rays.
Frank:
I’m calling it 2,545,706 miles and I am right about it. Also, I converted it into miles for you instead of those wussy “kilometers” that they use in Canada. Nothing like a good old American mile.
Should that be expressed in miles? Big Number
Kilometers? Even bigger number.
Or in Michael Moore’s? Manageable # that would not require scientific notation or the fancy calculators the science majors carry around.
And I can’t believe nobody else made a gratuitious Moore = massive joke…
Get well Frank.
FIRST!?
As usual, your questions are so insightful Frank.
Actually, it’s 3.14159 x the diameter. Getting the DIAMETER is the hard part.
Frank,
As a young engineer, you have allowed yourself to fall into a easy trap. No one would measure the Sun to get the circumference since the circumference of the Sun is a known quality.
C = 2PIR
where R is the radius of the Sun. And you have to get R from marketing.
Its big. Damn big. But only half the size of Michael Moore and no one knows his circumference, either.
“With is the circumference of the Sun?”
I don’t understand this question!
It just doesn’t make any sense. With is wrong with me?
doood – it’s humongo-big, man.
It’s about twice the size of my thumb at arms length.
Except when I’m driving west at 5 PM.
Then it’s about the size of my windshield, and my puny little visor is powerless to save me from it’s blinding rays.
OK I figured it out…
The answer is FALSE
wiDth is the DIAMETER of the sun!
Which sun? There’s an awful lot of them…Like, billions and billions.
In our galaxy alone.
Frank:
I’m calling it 2,545,706 miles and I am right about it. Also, I converted it into miles for you instead of those wussy “kilometers” that they use in Canada. Nothing like a good old American mile.
I didn’t know the Sun had a circumference.
Probably better for it’s hygiene.
What is the relationship of the diameter of an Igloo to it’s circumference?
Eskimo Pi.
Should that be expressed in miles? Big Number
Kilometers? Even bigger number.
Or in Michael Moore’s? Manageable # that would not require scientific notation or the fancy calculators the science majors carry around.
And I can’t believe nobody else made a gratuitious Moore = massive joke…
Get well Frank.
Which part of the sun?