Image:Sun, Earth size comparison labeled.jpg

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Description

Rough comparison of the sizes of the Earth and Sun, with diameters of 12,756km and 1.4 million km, respectively.

Created from en::Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg and [1]
Source

Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.
Date

2006-03-20 (first version); 2006-03-20 (last version)
Author

Original uploader was Brian0918 at en.wikipedia
Permission

PD-LAYOUT; PD-USGOV-NASA.
Other versions Version without text

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  • 2006-03-20 19:56 Brian0918 1824×1761×8 (1006548 bytes) overlay Earth for more realism
  • 2006-03-20 07:22 Brian0918 1824×1761×8 (1005496 bytes) [[Image:Sun,_Earth_size_comparison.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Version without text]] Rough comparison of the sizes of the Earth and Sun, with diameters of 12,756km and 1.4 million km, respectively. Created from [[:Image:The Earth seen from Apollo 17.jpg]] an

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 14:54, 20 March 2006
Color space 65535
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