The diagram exaggerates the sizes of Earth and the Sun relative to the orbit. If Earth were correctly scaled relative to the orbit in the figure, how big would it be?

A) about half the size shown
B) about 2 millimeters across
C) about 0.1 millimeter across
D) microscopic


D) microscopic

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