Size and Scale of the Universe Review Guide 1. I can identify the size of objects in the Universe from the smallest to the largest. Size and Scale – From Smallest to Largest You Earth Sun 865,000 miles in diameter; 8 light minutes & 0.00002 light years from Earth. Solar System Diameter 7,347,000,000 miles across; 15 light hours & .0017 light years across. – Stars in the Milky Way What the Sun might look like among the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. (Sun is about 26,000 light years from the Center of the Milky Way.) Way Diameter = about 100,000 light years – Solar System diameter = .0017 [17 thousandths] light years; Local Group of Galaxies = Spread over 10,000,000 light years Milky Way Galaxy = about 100,000 light years across Solar System diameter = .0017 [17 thousandths] light years;
Size and Scale of the Universe Review Guide 1. I can identify the size of objects in the Universe from the smallest to the largest. Size and Scale – From Smallest to Largest You Earth Sun 865,000 miles in diameter; 8 light minutes & 0.00002 light years from Earth. Solar System Diameter – 7,347,000,000 miles across; 15 light hours & .0017 light years across. Stars in the Milky Way What the Sun might look like among the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. (Sun is about 26,000 light years from the Center of the Milky Way.) Way – Diameter = about 100,000 light years Solar System diameter = .0017 [17 thousandths] light years; Local Group of Galaxies = Spread over 10,000,000 light years Milky Way Galaxy = about 100,000 light years across Solar System diameter = .0017 [17 thousandths] light years;
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