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Sybarit t1_jedloc1 wrote

>The shape of the blast, which is around the size of the solar system

Just a little explosion 1 quintillion miles in diameter.

EDIT TO ADD:
LOL, For whatever reason I was thinking galaxy when they said solar system. (In my defense I was a little overjoyed at some news that came out yesterday it apparently had me not thinking straight)

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sintos-compa t1_jeesdhb wrote

I feel like we should use another unit of measurement

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AbandontheKing t1_jeesywk wrote

Twice the size as half the solar system?

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sintos-compa t1_jeethzc wrote

I like the way you’re thinking. I was actually thinking half the size of twice the solar system.

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Lightfire228 t1_jeeyaqi wrote

Redefine Tau as half the radius of the Solar System

Make nobody happy

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Ultiman100 t1_jeeuir5 wrote

We don't. Not for this "small" of an astronomical size. The op you replied to is laughably off-base. At it's most "extreme" definition, the solar system could be said to be 12-24 trillion miles. This is if you consider the entirety of the theorized "Oort cloud" as part of the solar system - which the article does not specify.

If your definition of the "solar system" is maybe double the circumference of Pluto's orbit then we are talking only 20 billion miles. A literal quintillion miles is about 40% the size of the Milky Way GALAXY. That's like 140k light years

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ianindy t1_jefbmwd wrote

All of it Nobody has seen it. They don't have proof that it is really there.

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VeryFarDown t1_jefeaat wrote

Actually, the person you replied to is correct. The Oort Cloud is still a hypothesis. This is from Universe Today:

>For thousands of years, astronomers have watched comets travel close to Earth and light up the night sky. In time, these observations led to a number of paradoxes. For instance, where were these comets all coming from? And if their surface material vaporizes as they approach the Sun (thus forming their famous halos), they must formed farther away, where they would have existed there for most of their lifespans.
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>In time, these observations led to the theory that far beyond the Sun and planets, there exists a large cloud of icy material and rock where most of these comets come from. This existence of this cloud, which is known as the Oort Cloud (after its principal theoretical founder), remains unproven. But from the many short and long-period comets that are believed to have come from there, astronomers have learned a great deal about it structure and composition.

Voyager 1 will reach it in about 300 years, but unfortunately, it won't have the ability/power to report its findings back to us.

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ianindy t1_jefheoz wrote

Here is the description from Wikipedia:

>First described in 1950 by the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, is a theoretical concept of a cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 AU (0.03 to 3.2 light-years).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud

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rini17 t1_jefxsbg wrote

20 billion miles is about 32 terameters

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drthunderrmblz t1_jefcmts wrote

It’s ok just another universe being created nothing to see here

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