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The diameter of Jupiter is 88,000 miles This is about 11.1 times the diameter of Earth What is the diameter of the earth

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assuming that Jupiter and Earth are similar
linear sale factor=(diameter of Jupiter) /(diameter of earth)=11
thus:
diameter of earth=(diameter of Jupiter)/(linear scale factor)
=88000/11
=8000 miles
The diameter of earth is 8000 miles
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