Megameter's Room - looking at a sheet of graph paper
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galaxy | | 21 |
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| 20 19 |
local stars | 18 |
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| 17 16 |
between | 15 |
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| 14 13 |
E's orbit | 12 |
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| 11 10 |
sun | 9 |
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| 8 7 |
texas | 6 |
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| 5 4 |
hood | 3 |
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| 2 1 |
you | 0 |
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| -1 -2 |
salt grain | -3 |
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| -4 -5 |
bacteria | -6 |
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| -7 -8 |
atom | -9 |
106 m
1 Mm
107 m
10 Mm
108 m
100 Mm
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| Ceres ~1 Mm |
| Earth ~10 Mm
the big blue marble |
a marble
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Jupiter ~100 Mm

light-seconds (lt·s)
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0
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0.1
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0.2
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0.3
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0.4
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0.5
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earth radii (R.E.)
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0
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2
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4
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6
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8
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10
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12
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14
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16
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img, src Earth's magnetosphere
Mercury
Venus
Earth
moon
Mars
Jupiter
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Saturn Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus
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Uranus Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon
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Neptune Triton
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Pluto)
Sirius B (white dwarf)
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