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| DEVELOPMENT DRAFT The only stable URL is http://www.vendian.org/howbig/. Comments encouraged - mncharity@vendian.org (Mitchell Charity) |
How Big Are Things?
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kilo
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Mega
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Giga
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Tera
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Peta
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| Exameter's Room - looking at the entire room |
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look at a sheet of graph paper |
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| galaxy | 21 | |
| 20 19 | ||
| local stars | 18 | |
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| 17 16 | ||
| between | 15 | |
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| 14 13 | ||
| E's orbit | 12 | |
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| 11 10 | ||
| sun | 9 | |
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| 8 7 | ||
| texas | 6 | |
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| 5 4 | ||
| hood | 3 | |
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| 2 1 | ||
| you | 0 | |
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| salt grain | -3 | |
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| -4 -5 | ||
| bacteria | -6 | |
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| atom | -9 |
1 Em 10 Em 100 Em
our galaxy
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source Drawn with perspective - vertical measure is 1/4 of the horizontal measure.
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