Trying to understand the scale of the visible universe. Submitted by 00Askingquestions00 t3_11yoayl on March 22, 2023 at 4:30 PM in space 9 comments 1
b_a_t_m_4_n t1_jd8n5r0 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM The nearest star Proxima Centauri is about 2687070au from us. The Solar system is 1921.56au in diameter. So 139.87x is the conversion factor. If the solar system was a 6.8cm tennis ball then Proxima would be about 9.5 meters away. Permalink 1
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