Two more terrestrial perspectives

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LJK — 6/20/2006 9:24:06 PM (archived)

If the Sun were the dot on the letter "i" here, the red giant star
Betelguese would be the size of a 20-story building.

If the Milky Way galaxy were shrunk to the size of North America,
you could hold the entire Sol system in your hand.

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Sizes of planets and stars....scales - Raoul - 6/19/2006 9:34:29 PM
- For The Unobservant - ID - 6/23/2006 8:41:07 PM
  - re: For The Unobservant - Raoul - 6/23/2006 11:41:16 PM
- re: Sizes of planets and stars....scales - Raymond - 6/20/2006 6:05:09 PM
  - re: To learn - Raoul - 6/20/2006 7:25:44 PM
- original source? - nick hoffman - 6/20/2006 1:04:23 PM
  - re: Don't know - Raoul - 6/20/2006 4:43:37 PM
- Excellent! Thanks (n/t) - Hans - 6/20/2006 5:54:14 AM
- Nice visual representations - thanks Raoul. (n/t) - Vince - 6/20/2006 2:18:04 AM
- Itâ€™s all relevant - SteveS - 6/20/2006 1:04:16 AM
  - Thanks!! Clear perspective about how small and insignificant in the scheme of things we really are!!! (n/t) - Lance - 6/20/2006 7:56:44 PM
    - Two more terrestrial perspectives - LJK - 6/20/2006 9:24:06 PM
      - bogus analogy - phil - 6/20/2006 10:43:14 PM
        
        That's It's bogus, dude - ljk - 6/20/2006 10:46:26 PM
        
        re: That's It's bogus, dude - phil - 6/23/2006 11:09:05 AM

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