richard
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Post by richard on Jun 29, 2005 13:47:12 GMT -5
Something interesting I read about condensing space into a way We could understand distances, which are so vast the mind [or mine Anyway] finds it so hard to come to terms with. So lets get a few balls Representing planets, stand in the middle of your living room with some friends say The first ball represents our Earth, and then some one else stands with their ball At the living room door representing Mars, and so forth [one in kitchen, one In hall, driveway, and gate ex.] So based on this scale how far would be the nearest STAR, [The end of your street, or the drive in, of perhaps the end of town] The answer to this is [and this is just a calculation ] ASTRALIA. Richard
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Post by timewarp on Jul 12, 2005 13:30:51 GMT -5
Something interesting I read about condensing space into a way We could understand distances, which are so vast the mind [or mine Anyway] finds it so hard to come to terms with. So lets get a few balls Representing planets, stand in the middle of your living room with some friends say The first ball represents our Earth, and then some one else stands with their ball At the living room door representing Mars, and so forth [one in kitchen, one In hall, driveway, and gate ex.] So based on this scale how far would be the nearest STAR, [The end of your street, or the drive in, of perhaps the end of town] The answer to this is [and this is just a calculation ] ASTRALIA. Richard Unless you live in Australia.
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Peter
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Post by Peter on Jul 28, 2005 16:41:05 GMT -5
I take it you mean it would be on the other side of the world from you? Judging by the fact you live in England. The vastness of space is certainly inspirational. I wonder if we will ever be able to travel the stars? Curse the light-speed barrier!
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Post by valderra on Jul 30, 2005 5:57:02 GMT -5
So based on this scale how far would be the nearest STAR Well, the nearest star to Earth is the Sun. And it's only 149.6 million kilometres away from us. Not sure if Australia is how far you would have to travel - given the fact that you live in Europe - but I will take your word for it.
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Post by Samus Aran on Aug 11, 2005 11:01:03 GMT -5
So based on this scale how far would be the nearest STAR Well, the nearest star to Earth is the Sun. And it's only 149.6 million kilometres away from us. Not sure if Australia is how far you would have to travel - given the fact that you live in Europe - but I will take your word for it. I suppose he is not referring to the Sun, but to Alpha Centauri, which is about 4.5 light years away from Earth if I remember correctly.
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Death's Mistress
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Post by Death's Mistress on Feb 16, 2006 21:57:18 GMT -5
I think Samrus is right. The nearest star is like 4.5, or 4.3 light years away. I remember my science teacher in 8th grade rambling off a figure of somethign like that. lol
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Post by 1138 on Jun 19, 2006 13:47:17 GMT -5
If I remeber correctly, if we were to travel at the speed of light to the next closest star (after the sun) it would take four years to get there. I think.
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Post by Transdimensional on Aug 2, 2006 18:07:53 GMT -5
It is Proxima Centauri and it is 4.2 Light years away.
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Post by frufru on Aug 21, 2006 21:15:47 GMT -5
Something interesting I read about condensing space into a way We could understand distances, which are so vast the mind [or mine Anyway] finds it so hard to come to terms with. So lets get a few balls Representing planets, stand in the middle of your living room with some friends say The first ball represents our Earth, and then some one else stands with their ball At the living room door representing Mars, and so forth [one in kitchen, one In hall, driveway, and gate ex.] So based on this scale how far would be the nearest STAR, [The end of your street, or the drive in, of perhaps the end of town] The answer to this is [and this is just a calculation ] ASTRALIA. Richard I suppose your starting destination is the UK? Yeah, it's almost impossible to create a scale model of the solar system based on size and distance. Either you'll go almost all the way around the earth, or your planets are made of a few molecules
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