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What is the radius of the moon

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you get approximately 389. Now, if you divide the diameter of the Sun (1.4 million km) by the diameter of the Moon (3,474 km), you get 403. Those two numbers are pretty close. This is why the Moon and the Sun appear to be the same size in the sky; it's a total coincidence.
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sun= 696,340 km
earth= 6,371 km
moon= 1,737.1 km
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