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  2. List of Solar System objects by size - Wikipedia

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    The sizes and masses of many of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn are fairly well known due to numerous observations and interactions of the Galileo and Cassini orbiters; however, many of the moons with a radius less than ~100 km, such as Jupiter's Himalia, have far less certain masses. [5]

  3. File : Diameters of terrestrial bodies of the solar system ...

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  4. Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Size of planets and stars

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    Original - An illustration of the comparative sizes of planets and stars. Starting with the planet Mercury at the top left we follow a growing sequence of planets and then a growing sequence of stars until we reach the second largest known star VV Cephei in the bottom right. Reason It's a mind-blowing sequence.

  5. Fossorial - Wikipedia

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    A fossorial animal (from Latin fossor 'digger') is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground. Examples of fossorial vertebrates are badgers , naked mole-rats , meerkats , armadillos , wombats , and mole salamanders . [ 1 ]

  6. Wikipedia : Picture peer review/Sizes of the planets and stars

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    It's a mind-blowing sequence. The viewer is invited to reflect on stars so large their size strains the limits of comprehension. Creator Dave Jarvis Nominated by StevenJohnston 21:12, 10 February 2009 (UTC) Comments. In general, it really is a nice, easy to understand comparison, but I have three concerns.

  7. List of largest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    Listed below are galaxies with diameters greater than 700,000 light-years. This list uses the mean cosmological parameters of the Lambda-CDM model based on results from the 2015 Planck collaboration, where H 0 = 67.74 km/s/Mpc, Ω Λ = 0.6911, and Ω m = 0.3089. [3]

  8. Historical models of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Hebrews, like all the ancient peoples of the Near East, believed the sky was a solid dome with the Sun, Moon, planets and stars embedded in it. [4] In biblical cosmology, the firmament is the vast solid dome created by God during his creation of the world to divide the primal sea into upper and lower portions so that the dry land could appear.

  9. List of largest stars - Wikipedia

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    The following well-known stars are listed for the purpose of comparison. Antares (α Scorpii A) 680 [66] AD Fourteenth brightest star in the night sky. [67] Widely recognised as being among the largest known stars. [19] Betelgeuse (α Orionis) 640, [68] 764 +116 −62, [69] 782 ± 55 [70] AD & SEIS Tenth brightest star in the night sky. [67]

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