【轻松英文阅读】如果月亮被代替

 Here are some great videos of how it would look if the moon were replaced by the planets in our solar system . In both videos the planets appear as if they were 240,000 miles from the earth . This is the average distance of the moon from earth . So, for example, Venus is roughly four times larger than the moon, so it would appear four times larger than the moon in the night sky. What is interesting about this thought experiment is that it gives us a good idea of how big some planets are .

 

The images in the first video below were produced by the former art director of the National Air and Space Museum , Ron Miller¹. The second video was created by an unidentified artist whose work can be found by clicking on the following link : yetipc1

 

 

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n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。