A quick online search will tell you that the Moon is about 238,855 miles away from the Earth. That’s a pretty long way away, but in this episode of STEM in 30 we’re looking at scale models. So we brought in some experts to demonstrate how far apart the Earth and Moon are using a basketball, tennis ball and string.
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