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Why Is It So Tricky to Show the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a Diagram?

Why Is It So Tricky to Show the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a Diagram?

[html]In a nutshell, you can get the distances or the sizes right, but not both. Space is hard![/html]

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