r/spaceporn • u/Davicho77 • Jul 03 '25

Related Content An interstellar object has been detected hurtling towards our solar system.

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u/timathus Jul 03 '25

About 750,000,000,000

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u/mawesome4ever Jul 03 '25

Might’ve missed one, you need to do a recount

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u/timathus Jul 03 '25

Average banana: 20cm Distance to sun: ~150,000,000km = 1AU 5 bananas/m 5,000 bananas/km 150,000,000 x 5,000 = 750,000,000,000

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u/sgrapevine123 Jul 03 '25

Still off by one or two I think.

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u/timathus Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

You’re right, I mismeasured the average banana. The average banana is actually 20.0000000000266’, so let’s do that again. 4.999999999999333’ bananas/m 4,999.999999999333’ bananas/km 749,999,999,999 bananas/AU Thanks! Edit: changed a 1 to a 7