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To: MtnClimber

“Only” 60 million lt-yrs away. LOL.

To get an idea of stellar distances: If you were to put a pea on the ground to represent the size of the sun the nearest star (Proxima Centauri = 4.22 lt-yrs away) would be 125 miles away.


5 posted on 01/08/2021 1:53:45 PM PST by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL)
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To: Seruzawa

Place a Basketball on the ground (sun)
Pace off 85 feet
Place a BB on the ground (earth)
Place a grain of sand 2 1/2” away (moon)


6 posted on 01/08/2021 2:26:20 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Seruzawa
“Only” 60 million lt-yrs away. LOL.

Well, compared to the "edge" of the observable universe, which they estimate at about 14 BILLION light years, 60 million isn't so far. Lol!

For anyone who doesn't know, ONE light year, the *distance* light travels in one year, at its speed of 186,000 miles per second, works out to about 5.9 TRILLION miles.

So this thing is 60 million x 5.9 TRILLION miles away. Yet it ain't so far away in the grand scheme of things.

8 posted on 01/08/2021 3:00:35 PM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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