comagz.com— Basically it's models of the stars in our solar system that give a sense of perspective. But you got to see it to understand why it's so diggworthy.
May 15, 2006View in Crawl 4
While we're at it, everybody sing:That's about the size, where you put your eyesThat's about the size of it.When the big becomes the little ... huhum huhum huhum ... ummoops, forgot the rest but you know what I mean.
It is not practical to model this and be able to visualize it on a computer screen at real sizes and distances, all at the same time, but there is a real-life model of the solar system in Maine:<a class="user" href="http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/">http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/</a>Its based on a scale of one-mile equals the distance of the sun to the Earth. Since the entire model is to scale, they had to be creative when modeling the Sun, as it would be too costly to construct a massive ball 3 stories high, so its just some arcs painted on the walls of a three story building at the University Maine at Presque Isle. That way, they could keep Pluto visible to the naked eye (its a marble sized rock on a plaque). The distance from the Sun to the model of the Earth is one mile, the distance from the sun to Pluto is 40 miles. To put things in perspective, the sun is around 3 stories high, the earth is about the size of your head, mars is about the size of your fist, and Jupiter is about the size of a small car.A google search turned up several other of these models, one is in Australia, one might be near you, it would be interesting to see one.
loungeactxMay 15, 2006
Not to mention gravity on Jupiter will crush you into a fine powder instantaneously
sapo916May 15, 2006
Time to expand the human race, 8 billion isnt enough for my mission. I think Ill take about 1 billion to Mars as a Starting Course.
Closed AccountMay 16, 2006
Just go down to the beach.
male73May 16, 2006
While we're at it, everybody sing:That's about the size, where you put your eyesThat's about the size of it.When the big becomes the little ... huhum huhum huhum ... ummoops, forgot the rest but you know what I mean.
dwatchMay 16, 2006
What does your mom have to do with this?
dwatchMay 16, 2006
It is not practical to model this and be able to visualize it on a computer screen at real sizes and distances, all at the same time, but there is a real-life model of the solar system in Maine:<a class="user" href="http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/">http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/</a>Its based on a scale of one-mile equals the distance of the sun to the Earth. Since the entire model is to scale, they had to be creative when modeling the Sun, as it would be too costly to construct a massive ball 3 stories high, so its just some arcs painted on the walls of a three story building at the University Maine at Presque Isle. That way, they could keep Pluto visible to the naked eye (its a marble sized rock on a plaque). The distance from the Sun to the model of the Earth is one mile, the distance from the sun to Pluto is 40 miles. To put things in perspective, the sun is around 3 stories high, the earth is about the size of your head, mars is about the size of your fist, and Jupiter is about the size of a small car.A google search turned up several other of these models, one is in Australia, one might be near you, it would be interesting to see one.
mzkwMay 16, 2006
Heh... I do never read those too late comments, but yours is great. +1
skidzillaMay 16, 2006
Amazing video, thankyou.
drigzMay 16, 2006
If you can't see it from within the solar system, it's not a proper star IMO.
funstuff45Apr 12, 2010
makes you think we are not exactly that important