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NCERT Class 6 Geography: Chapter 1, Question I.5
Why do the sun and the moon appear to be of the same size from the earth?
The Sun is 109 times larger than the Earth and its distance is around 15 crore kilometres from the Earth. It is a very large heavenly body compared to the Moon. The diameter of the Moon is 3,480 kilometres. It is 3,84,400 kilometres away from the Earth and therefore is much closer to the Earth than the Sun. The Sun and the Moon appear to be of the same size from the Earth because although the Sun is larger than the Moon, it is farther from the Earth.
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