If our sun was replaced by Betelgeuse, the earth would be inside the star: sun d...

		waynecochran on Jan 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sun's surface seen in new detail If our sun was replaced by Betelgeuse, the earth would be inside the star: `sun diameter = 1.3927 million km Betelgeuse diameter = 1.234 billion km Betelgeuse diameter / sun diameter = 886 > 100` The size of these stars is beyond mind boggling.