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The Size of Earth And Its Protection
The Size of Earth And Its Protection
from Other Celestial Bodies
from Other Celestial Bodies

As you will remember in earlier sections, we men-

tioned the varying sizes of planets.

Now let's compare our Earth with other planets

with respect to their sizes. Lets start by making the fol-

lowing comparison: Let's imagine that our Earth is a

pea. In this case, Mercury could be considered a

sesame seed, Venus a pea like our Earth, Mars a
watermelon seed, Jupiter an orange, Saturn a tanger-

ine, Uranus and Neptune cherries, and Pluto a sesame

seed. These apart, the Sun would be a huge ball big- 73

ger than a basketball in comparison to our pea.

Is the size of Earth as compared to other planets

"coincidental"? Or, on the other hand, is it deliberate?

When we examine the size of Earth, we can easi-
ly see that our planet was designed to be exactly as

large as it is.

If Earth were a little smaller, gravitation would

weaken and prove too feeble to hold the atmosphere

around it. Without the atmosphere, our world would be

vulnerable to meteors and harmful radiation from
space. In addition, loss of oxygen would mean the end

of life. If the Earth were larger, the gravitational pull