A lesson in scale, courtesy of FuSoYa

FuSoYa

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Nov 9, 2001
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Constellation Taurus:

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Usually when we talk about the size of constellations, we do so in terms of degrees - how big it looks in the sky. This however does not serve our purposes today so I have decided to measure the 2-dimensional length of the constellation of Taurus. From horn (Alnath) to sternum (the end of Taurus -- omicron Tauri) this constellation measures about 94.35 light years. Since the constellation actually only makes up the first third of the bull, we can reasonably say that the full size of Taurus the bull is 94.35 light years times 3, or about 283 light years.

One light year equals 5,878,499,812,499 miles. Therefore the length of Taurus can be estimated at 283 x 5,878,499,812,499 miles (1,663,615,446,937,217 miles) from horn to tail.


Now, the average length of an Earth bull's penis is about 24 inches. The average length of a bull is about 72 inches making the bull's body length to penis length ratio a 3:1. Therefore we can extrapolate that the heavenly body of Taurus has a penis length of 283/3 or 94.35 light years, or in other words 554,636,457,309,280.6 miles, easily visible from Earth with the naked eye.

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