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OT: Putting it in perspective

Posted By: John McDonald
Date: Monday, 15 August 2016, at 6:20 p.m.

In Response To: OT: Putting it in perspective (David Rennie)

Voyager 1 was launched on Sept 5, 1977. In Sept 2013, 36 years later it left our solar system. It is traveling at over 37,000 miles per hour. If it continues to travel at this speed it will leave the Milky Way Galaxy approximately 1.9 billion years from now.

Now imagine that the Milky Way was a quarter. Remember it would take approximately 1.9 billion years traveling at 37,000/MPH to get from the center of the quarter to the edge. The known universe would be approximately the size of Houston compared to the quarter.

Hard to imagine.

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• OT: Putting it in perspective
  David Rennie -- Sunday, 14 August 2016, at 11:25 p.m.
  • OT: Putting it in perspective
    MishyPoo -- Sunday, 14 August 2016, at 11:29 p.m.
  • OT: Putting it in perspective
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 15 August 2016, at 12:14 a.m.
  • OT: Putting it in perspective
    sebalotek -- Monday, 15 August 2016, at 9:43 a.m.
  • OT: Putting it in perspective
    John McDonald -- Monday, 15 August 2016, at 6:20 p.m.
    • OT: Putting it in perspective
      Art Grater -- Tuesday, 16 August 2016, at 9:05 a.m.
      • OT: Putting it in perspective
        sebalotek -- Tuesday, 16 August 2016, at 10:57 p.m.
        • OT: Putting it in perspective
          Art Grater -- Friday, 19 August 2016, at 3:05 a.m.
          • OT: Putting it in perspective
            David Rennie -- Friday, 19 August 2016, at 5:51 p.m.
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          Bob Koca -- Friday, 19 August 2016, at 11:02 a.m.