Post Mind Blowing Space Stuff

Chula Vista · 04-15-2015, 06:00 PM

The earth is 150 million miles from the sun.
Venus is 28% closer to the sun than us.
Mercury is 61% closer than us.
Mars is about 1.5 times further away than us.
Jupiter is about 5.2 times further away.
Saturn is about 9.5 times further away.
Uranus is about 19 times further.
Neptune is about 30 times further.
Pluto is about 39 times further. (ya, I know, Pluto got expelled)

To put this another way.
Pluto is 5,870,000,000 km from the sun.
Pluto is 5,720,000,000 km from the earth.

*mind blown*

Mondo Bungle · 04-15-2015, 06:08 PM

NASA probe beams back its first color image of Pluto - CNN.com

DwnWthVwls · 04-15-2015, 06:20 PM

8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Space

Chula Vista · 04-15-2015, 06:30 PM

This is totally mind blowing.

In the left you can see the small rectangular box which is them blown up in the middle. Then a small section of the box is further blown up on the right.

Space just goes on forever!

*mind explodes*

EPOCH6 · 04-15-2015, 06:52 PM

Probably my favorite speech from an astronomer, very closely followed by Carl Sagan's "Pale Blue Dot" speech.

BloodFoxTK · 04-15-2015, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Space

DwnWthVwls · 04-15-2015, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by EPOCH6

This is why I want to be allowed to rot away in the ground when I die instead of being preserved or cremated. It really is a wonderful thought; reincarnation in a sense.

Chula Vista · 04-15-2015, 07:24 PM

The diameter of the earth is 12,756 km.

The diameter of the sun is 1,392,000 km.
109 times greater than the earth.

The diameter of VY Canis Majoris is 1,976,640,000 km.
1,420 times greater than the sun.
154,958 times greater than the earth.

*kablam*

simplephysics · 04-15-2015, 08:01 PM

Chula Vista · 04-15-2015, 09:37 PM

^^^^

04-15-2015, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Post Mind Blowing Space Stuff The earth is 150 million miles from the sun. Venus is 28% closer to the sun than us. Mercury is 61% closer than us. Mars is about 1.5 times further away than us. Jupiter is about 5.2 times further away. Saturn is about 9.5 times further away. Uranus is about 19 times further. Neptune is about 30 times further. Pluto is about 39 times further. (ya, I know, Pluto got expelled) To put this another way. Pluto is 5,870,000,000 km from the sun. Pluto is 5,720,000,000 km from the earth. mind blown __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-15-2015, 06:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	This is totally mind blowing. In the left you can see the small rectangular box which is them blown up in the middle. Then a small section of the box is further blown up on the right. Space just goes on forever! mind explodes __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-15-2015, 07:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	The diameter of the earth is 12,756 km. The diameter of the sun is 1,392,000 km. 109 times greater than the earth. The diameter of VY Canis Majoris is 1,976,640,000 km. 1,420 times greater than the sun. 154,958 times greater than the earth. kablam __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-15-2015, 09:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	^^^^ __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”