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MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptune
ScaleoftheEntireUniverse
Micro
SmalltoLarge
EarthSolarSystemMilkyWayGalaxyLocalGroupLocal
SuperclusterTheUniverse
Oursolarsystemis28,000lightyearsfromthecenterofthegalaxy
Allstarsorbitthecenterofthegalaxy
Ittakesoursun230millionyearstodooneorbit
Typesofgalaxies
Spiral
Likethemilkyway
Elliptical
Irregular
ClosestgalaxytooursistheAndromedaGalaxy
Hassmallergalaxiesorbitingit
Withastronomicalnumbers,itsbesttouseExponentialNotation
10Nx10M=10(N+M)
103=1000Thousand
106=1000000Million,etc
103=1/1000=.001
1022starsintheuniverse
Radiusofourgalaxy
6x1018m
RadiusofaHydrogenatom
.5x1010m
Universehasbeenaround
14billionyears
Milli103
Micro106
Lightmovesataspeedof3x108m/s=3x105km/sec=300,000km/sec=.3m/ns
SunslightEarth
Distanced=1AU=1.5x1011m
Speedoflightv=3x108m/s
Timet=d/v
1.5x1011/3x108
.5x103s
Earthsdistancefromthesunis1AstronomicalUnitAU
AU=1.5x108km
Earthsrotationtakes1day
Earthsorbittakes1year
Earthistiltedby23.5degrees
TheTwosimplestatomswerecreatedduringtheBigBang
HydrogenH
HeliumHE
Morecomplexatomswerecreatedinstars
Whenthestardies,chemicalelementsareexpelledintospace
Thisformsnewstarsandplanets