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VY Canis Majoris is the largest star known to man. It is a red Hypergiant, located in the Milky way and measuring between 1800 to 2100 solar radii. One Radius is equal to the current radius of the Sun and it is approximately 432,450 miles (695,500 kilometers). VY Canis Majoris is so large that if our Sun were replaced by it, its surface would extend to (or maybe even pass) the orbit of Saturn. In Earth terms it would take 70 000 000 000 000 000 (70 quadrillion) Earths to fill up the VY Canis Majoris.
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Awww! Isn't it cute when dummies realize how dumb they are, and then try to say something funny to make themselves feel better? It's soooo cute!
Awww! Isn't it cute when dummies realize how dumb they are, and then try to say something funny to make themselves feel better? It's soooo cute!
You're kind of a dumbass for pointing out the obvious...
1 year to walk around the earth
103.25 years to walk around the sun.
227,429 years to walk around VY Canis Majoris
If you flew non-stop in a Boeing 747 (550 mph), it would take...
2 days to fly around the earth.
6 1/2 months (206 days) to fly around the sun.
1,241 years to fly around VY Canis Majoris
If you flew non-stop at mach 3.2 in a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (2194 mph), it would take...
11 hours to fly around the earth.
52 days to fly around the sun.
311 years to fly around VY Canis Majoris
The above calculations are based on the following:
- Circumference of earth = 24,902 miles
- Circumference of sun = 2,713,406 miles
- Diameter of VY Canis Majoris = 3.63 billion kilometers (per Wikipedia) = diameter of 1,902,484,472 Miles = cirumference of 5,976,831,241 Miles