Star Size Comparisons

Star Size Comparisons are popular and often plagiarized images and videos on the internet showing the size of the Earth when compared to the other planets of our solar system, the sun, and the other stars in the universe. Though it might not look like a meme to you, they are techically considered memes.

Origin

Probably the earliest star size comparisons on the internet were «Energy vs. Information (Stars and Planets size video)» by YouTube user JXGaming and this animation by Cycomedia (no longer existent). They were both made in around 2006 and still continue to get plagiarized.

Images

Images of the bodies of our solar system and the other stars in the universe compared to each other have also gone viral on the internet. Here is one of the most common sequences:

Popularity

Star Size Comparisons are one of the most common educational trends on YouTube, with many individuals creating their own size comparisons themselves, either on Powerpoint, or with Animations, etc. Here are some classic and often plagiarized examples:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoW8Tf7hTGA&t=307s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtx9ZZeYYlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CTMF50r8G8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91p8e_Oy0U0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhTmW664jY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKjgmIDeBU&t=188s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov5AHcCQtd8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FwCMnyWZDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=855LIxE0qP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNjAtV_YIy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqcVmaXS3mY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hL9GN2V1IY&t=231s

As of 2017, the largest star is UY Scuti with a diameter of 2,377,536,000 km.