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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
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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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