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the claim
Stars are demonstrably farther away from Earth than the Moon
the verdict
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
no citation needed for this one
refutedsupported
the weight of evidence
no sources on either side

That stars are farther away from Earth than the Moon is an everyday astronomical fact so fundamental that no specific citation is needed.

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The analysis

The claim is trivially true by direct everyday observation and elementary astronomy, making it common knowledge where citations are unnecessary.

Everything we examined (12)
We also searched for evidence AGAINST this claim, not only for it.
  1. Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  2. Peering into the dark (ages) with low-frequency space interferometers: Using the 21-cm signal of neutral hydrogen from the infant universe to probe fundamental (Astro)physics.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Origins of Genetic Coding: Self-Guided Molecular Self-Organisation.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. A deep investigation of the poorly studied open cluster King 18 using CCD VRI, Gaia DR3 and 2MASS.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  5. Pluto near the edge of chaos.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Water Versus Land on Temperate Rocky Planets.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Precise orbital parameters,masses, and parallax of the subgiant binary system 12 Persei: a combined spectroscopic-interferometric analysis.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Accuracy Analysis of SINS/CNS Integrated Attitude Determination Based on Simplified Spatio-Temporal Model.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Revitalizing Astronomical Azimuth Determination: Integrating Modern Computing with Traditional Techniques.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Precision analysis of NGC 2158 with Gaia DR3.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. RSONAR: Data-Driven Evaluation of Dual-Use Star Tracker for Stratospheric Space Situational Awareness (SSA).peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Using a neural network approach and starspots dependent models to predict effective temperatures and ages of young stars.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → COMMON KNOWLEDGE · 9505 Aug 2026
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