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Re:What scientific term or concept ought to be more widely k... by akomtu on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @01:41AM (#29481894)
Proportions in the solar system. Most people know that Moon:Sun diameters is 400, and so is distances to Moon and Sun from Earth. That's why it eclipses Sun so well. But hardly anyone knows that this kind of proportions are almost everywhere in the solar system.
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