Chapter 1 Our Place in the Universe - Astronomy
Chapter 1 Our Place in the Universe - Astronomy
Chapter 1 Our Place in the Universe - Astronomy
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The scale of <strong>the</strong> solar system<br />
• On a 1-to-10- billion<br />
scale:<br />
– The Sun is <strong>the</strong> size<br />
of a large<br />
grapefruit (14<br />
cm).<br />
– Earth is <strong>the</strong> size of<br />
a ball po<strong>in</strong>t, 15<br />
meters away.<br />
– The Earth is 8<br />
light-m<strong>in</strong>utes<br />
away from <strong>the</strong><br />
Sun