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Devadander@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  it doesn’t say it’s the sun in the picture

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• Beacon@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  All stars are significantly bigger than earth

  https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/116663-smallest-known-star

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  • Devadander@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah no shit. But in the sky, they’re merely a point. Which is what the rhyme is speaking to

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    • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The comment thread you're replying to is talking about the actual size of the celestial bodies

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      • Devadander@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The narrator of the rhyme doesn’t even know what it is, much less its size. It’s speaking to a point of light

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  • moody@lemmings.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    By mass. But in terms of dimensions there are many stars smaller than Earth.

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    • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Incorrect. The smallest known star is 7 times larger than earth

      https://www.iflscience.com/smallest-star-ever-discovered-and-its-only-a-tiny-bit-bigger-than-earth-73035

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      • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Neutron stars?

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