Because You Didn't Feel Small Enough Before

A short presentation showing just how big some of the universe is.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• space
• universe
• earth
• vy
• canis
• major
• sirius
• sun
• moon
• milky
• way

[StyxPhobos]

The sad thing is that when you realise how insignificant we are, and that we only have each other, you would hope that we would treat each other with more respect.

Some astronauts have fully realised this in the flesh, and as a result have felt a deep sense of love for humanity , because they realise how much we need each other.

[urborg74]

I do good on my own because of my own moral values, not because I believe some spiritual parent is going to spank me for being bad. Of course, some people seem to need that constant "threat" to behave, and if that's what it takes to get them to respect their fellow man, I can't really complain. I am not afraid of dying and meeting a supreme being at all, because if that being is as divine, loving, and all knowing as religions teach, that being will know I did the best I could with what I had.

[yellowsupra7]

how many years would it take for the earth to rotate around VY Canis Majoris?

[estoesfootbag]

awesome :O

[yxrcbszg]

@urborg74 A beautiful answer mate =)

[ScottyBoiy]

@avegromek Point taken. I'm not too keen on this stuff myself, so maybe you're right. Either way I think we can both agree that Canis Majoris is a tad on the large side.

[avegromek]

@ScottyBoiy not quite sure but i think solar system contains all the stuff (not only the planets) from the sun till to the end of kuiper belt witch is about 40-80 Astronomical units from the sun (neptune is about 30AU).

[ScottyBoiy]

@avegromek Yes it can. Our solar system is measured from the Sun to the outermost planet, Pluto is about 7.3 billion km (4.5 billion mi) from the sun. But since Pluto is not officially considered a planet anymore, that means the outermost planet is Neptune. Neptune is only approx. 4.5 billion km (2.8 billion mi) from the Sun. To put it all in perspective VY Canis Majoris is about 5.4 billion km (3.4 billion mi) in diameter, meaning it is literally bigger than our solar system.

[Nugwrangler]

@Notfromthisworld7 Well... not outside our solar system, for sure :)

[Notfromthisworld7]

@Nugwrangler Only to this planet.

If we were to all die tomorrow, this planet would the only thing to give us proof that we were even here, and our satellites.

We haven't even made a Small footprint on the universe.

[Nugwrangler]

@MintyKanesh Sorry but VY Cannis Majoris diameter is 3.20 Kilometers across.

[Nugwrangler]

@TheRedDash !