Re: Extremely Cool Astronomy News
Yes, the diagram is as how I think the pic was taken.
The best way I can explain it is that the pic was obviously taken with some telescopic lens and (after a bit of research) the diameter of Jupiter is 11.21 times Earth's diameter. So, even though it is farther away, the planets appear roughly similar in size. If they were at the same radius from the camera, Jupiter would take up much more of the picture.
Slick.
[ May 23, 2003, 20:40: Message edited by: Slick ]
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