r/theydidthemath 2d ago

[Request] Is this vaguely true?

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u/vwibrasivat 2d ago

It's wrong in every possible way, including "he means logarithmically".

(reporting diameters)

Smallest salt grain is 0.2 millimeters. = 2.0x10-4 m

Lithium atom (shown) is 304 picometers = 3.04 x 10-10

The ratio is 6 orders of magnitude. 106

Earth diameter is 1.2742018 × 107 meters

Ratio of (earth):(salt grain) is 11 orders of magnitude 1011

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u/FIicker7 2d ago

What object would be halfway between the two?

A golf ball or baseball or a bowling ball?

Just curious