Gigameter's Room - looking at a sheet of graph paper
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galaxy | | 21 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIgalaxy2.jpg) |
| 20 19 |
local stars | 18 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIstars1.png) |
| 17 16 |
between | 15 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIhelio3.png) |
| 14 13 |
E's orbit | 12 |
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| 11 10 |
sun | 9 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIearth2.jpg) |
| 8 7 |
texas | 6 |
![](UnstableURLs/XImap.png) |
| 5 4 |
hood | 3 |
![](UnstableURLs/house.png) |
| 2 1 |
you | 0 |
![](UnstableURLs/quarter_face.gif) |
| -1 -2 |
salt grain | -3 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIhair2.jpg) |
| -4 -5 |
bacteria | -6 |
![](UnstableURLs/XIvirus.png) |
| -7 -8 |
atom | -9 |
109 m
1 Gm
1010 m
10 Gm
1011 m
100 Gm
  Sun |
Sirius A
light-minutes (lt·min)
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0
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2
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3
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4
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5
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![](UnstableURLs/solarsystem_inner.gif)
unscaled version - so you can read the
annotations [orbit circularity is bogus]
What is the distance from Earth to the sun? 150 Gm (150 billion meters)
Mercury's orbit
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