{"id":912,"date":"2014-05-23T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T08:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/?p=912"},"modified":"2014-05-17T08:54:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T08:54:34","slug":"interesting-maybe-facts-on-distances-size-of-things-some-perspective-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/interesting-maybe-facts-on-distances-size-of-things-some-perspective-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting ( .. maybe ?) Facts on distances \/ size of things : Some Perspective &#8211; II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is the Size of:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a nice list of the size\/length (diameter) of some things in the universe (in meters) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Size of a proton or a neutron can reach 10<sup>-12<\/sup> meters in length<\/li>\n<li>The Size of\u00a0 an Atom : roughly , the covalent size of a silver atom is 1.5 x 10<sup>-10<\/sup> meters<\/li>\n<li>The Size of a Cell : A bacterium is roughly 10<sup>-6<\/sup> meters in length<\/li>\n<li>The Size of a Human : 1-2 meters<\/li>\n<li>The Size of the Earth : diameter in the order of\u00a010<sup>7<\/sup> meters (1.2 x 10^7)<sup> \u00a0<\/sup><\/li>\n<li>The Size of the Sun : diameter in the order of \u00a010<sup>9<\/sup> meters<\/li>\n<li>The Size of the Galaxy : roughly \u00a010<sup>21<\/sup> meters in diameter<\/li>\n<li>The Size of the Universe : A lower bound of \u00a010<sup>27<\/sup> meters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the end of this post there is a link to an interesting interactive infographic that gives a nice idea of the size of things, starting from the infinitely small (Planck area) , to the largest possible (universe)\u00a0 &#8230; Although I am not very sure of the correctness of the estimates (and visualization integrity) of extremely large quantities in that infographic , especially when we reach the size of the universe &#8230;\u00a0 &#8211; there is a discussion on them and &#8216;observable&#8217; universe is different from universe &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Also we must differentiate between the &#8216;size&#8217; of things , and the &#8216;distance&#8217; between things in space &#8230; keep in mind also that size in terms of length\/diameter , is very different than area or volume (in case you&#8217;re trying to figure out how many items of x does y fit)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Side Note:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>A googol (\u00a010<sup>100<\/sup> ) is 1 followed by a 100 zeroes :<\/p>\n<p>10,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000,\u00ad000<\/p>\n<p>A googolplex is the number 10<sup>googol<\/sup>, i.e. 10<sup>(10<sup>100<\/sup>)<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>More on Upper Limits<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some upper limits on the size of the universe are 10<sup>115<\/sup> , 10<sup>122<\/sup> or 10<sup>10<sup>122 <\/sup><\/sup>meters (a unit doesn&#8217;t really matter much at this scale)\u00a0 &#8230; 10<sup>122<\/sup> is 1 followed by 122 zeroes, or a gogol multiplied by a quadrillion. 10<sup>10<sup>122<\/sup><\/sup> is 1 followed by a quadrillion googol zeroes. 10<sup>10<sup>10<sup>122<\/sup><\/sup><\/sup>is 1 followed by 10<sup>10<sup>122<\/sup><\/sup> zeroes. These numbers are so vast that they are essentially the same in whatever units we could use to list them.<\/p>\n<p>essentially these somehow become &#8216;philosophical&#8217; limits &#8230; one of them is calculated based on the probability of reaching another volume in space that has similar conditions and structure like our universe (1)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Thoughts?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>this topic is just a small opportunity to contemplate\u00a0 the sheer scale of things in our world &#8230; how insignificant some numbers can be , and even some concepts.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of something so large that the unit in which you measure it doesn&#8217;t matter is an interesting mental shortcut into understanding the sizes we&#8217;re talking about.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking about these numbers raises beautifully the issues of how centric can we really be in this universe, as the sizes here put a new light on the 20-80 rule if we are to assume some uniqueness for ourselves as human..<\/p>\n<p>Hard not to be moved and amazed\u00a0 !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video that helps illustrate the power of an extra 0 , and some sizes of things :<br \/>\n<object width=\"400\" height=\"224\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/682837585085901\" \/><embed width=\"400\" height=\"224\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/v\/682837585085901\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the infographic too :<\/p>\n<div class=\"visually_embed\">\n<div style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"visually_embed_infographic \" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com\/TheScaleofTheUniverse2_505b9f2933c2e_w540.PNG\" width=\"540\" height=\"292\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Scale of The Universe 2 &#8212; Click to open<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"visually_embed_cycle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visually_embed_cycle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visually_embed_cycle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"visually_embed_cycle\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"visually_embed_cycle\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"visually_embed_cycle\">1. &#8220;Parallel universes. Not just a staple of science fiction, other universes are a direct implication of cosmological observations.&#8221;, Tegmark M., Sci Am. 2003 May;288(5):40-51.<\/p>\n<p class=\"visually_embed_cycle\">2. http:\/\/imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/ask_astro\/answers\/980317b.html<\/p>\n<p class=\"visually_embed_cycle\">3. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orders_of_magnitude_%28length%29#cite_note-29<\/p>\n<p class=\"visually_embed_cycle\">See the Previous Post about &#8216;Perspective&#8217; , but in terms of Time here : <a href=\"http:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/interesting-maybe-facts-on-the-age-time-of-things-some-perspective-i\/\">http:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/interesting-maybe-facts-on-the-age-time-of-things-some-perspective-i\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Size of: Here is a nice list of the size\/length (diameter) of some things in the universe (in meters) : The Size of a proton or a neutron can reach 10-12 meters in length The Size of\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/interesting-maybe-facts-on-distances-size-of-things-some-perspective-ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,23,370,13,17],"tags":[392,389,391,390,396,394,395,393,388],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":941,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/think-grow.biz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}