June
26
Off Topic - How Big Do You Think We Are?
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Now, THIS is really fascinating - I’ve never really given this any thought whatsoever, but it’s rather dazzling to see it presented this way.
I certainly thought this was enlightening. Didn’t even realize we knew much beyond our sun. It’s a big universe.
Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky.It is more than 1000 light years away.
… so . how significant should we really be feeling, right about now?
Thanks for reading,
Dave
Another way of looking at it: the Sun accounts for 99.9% of the mass of our solar system. All the planets, of which Earth is on the small side, are basically microscopic dust motes orbiting around the sun.
Hi Dave
I was just scanning your blog and came across this post, along time after it was posted I accept.
Wow, it does put things into perspective and just took my mind off things for a moment.
Sorry I have never seen this before!
Thanks for a great blog, its good to drop by and see what your up to.
Chris Raine