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Post #1 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:37 am 
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To Scale: Our Solar System.


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Post #2 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:37 am 
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Reminded me a bit of this.
Also, in Germany many cities have "planetary paths", which is the solar system to scale (usually at a 1:1 billion ratio) along a footpath. And even though the whole solar system is about 6 kilometers at that ratio, single planets are mostly marble sized.


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Post #3 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 8:04 am 
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How about the sun?
Sorry, could not watch the video on the mobile when I posted the question, but got my answer now. Beautiful video indeed.


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Post #4 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:26 am 
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leichtloeslich wrote:
Reminded me a bit of this.
Also, in Germany many cities have "planetary paths", which is the solar system to scale (usually at a 1:1 billion ratio) along a footpath. And even though the whole solar system is about 6 kilometers at that ratio, single planets are mostly marble sized.


Exactly what I was going to post.

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Post #5 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:34 am 
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This is another great visualization for a child who loves space and/or math. My daughter watched it almost every day for a week recently.

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Post #6 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:34 am 
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Thanks. That's beautiful.

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Post #7 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 2:39 pm 
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The Scale of the Universe 2

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Post #8 Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:52 pm 
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Great video thanks for sharing. We have a a planet walk in town which shows the relative distances from the sun.

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Hi hyperpape, Thanks

So cute and precious to see effects made by hand, not CG. :)

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Post #10 Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 6:04 pm 
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It's a pity we don't know if and what comes next to the smallest or greatest thing. Some supertiny things smaller than even a Planck-length (strings?)? Multiverses? Old man with a white beard giving high five to Jesus? I'd give 10 of my years away for knowing our absolute standpoint within the world.

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Post #11 Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:06 am 
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It's a pity we don't know if and what comes next to the smallest or greatest thing. Some supertiny things smaller than even a Planck-length (strings?)? Multiverses?
I often imagine a hypothetic, ever-distant future where somebody looking in the strongest ever microscope and somebody looking in the ever-strongest telescope, and both see … each other’s eye!

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I'd give 10 of my years away for knowing our absolute standpoint within the world.
I don't believe we can ever know this since there seems to be an ever-growing number of facts to know … with every new fact there come new questions, and sometimes many more than facts.

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