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[Edited on 03.24.2012 2:48 PM PDT]
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Some facts about the biggest star known to man, VY Canis Majoris: -It would take 11,666,192,832,000,000 earths to fill VY Canis Majoris. -If VY Canis Majoris replaced our sun, it would instantly swallow Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the asteroid belt, Jupiter, and Saturn. -If Earth was the size of a pea, VY Canis Majoris would be the a 1.5km sphere. -It would take 1,126 years to fly around VY Canis Majoris in a commercial airline. -It would take over 8 hours to run fly across the surface of VY Canis Majoris at the speed of light.