The Scale of the Cosmos
Zoom outward in steps of 100
52 ft =
16 meters
1.6 km
1.6
´
10
2
km
1.6
´
10
4
km
1.6
´
10
6
km
1.6
´
10
8
km =
1.1 AU
1.6
´
10
10
km =
1.1
´
10
2
AU
1.6
´
10
12
km =
1.1
´
10
4
AU
1.6
´
10
14
km =
1.7
´
10
1
ly
1.6
´
10
16
km =
1.7
´
10
3
ly
1.6
´
10
18
km =
1.7
´
10
5
ly
1.6
´
10
20
km =
1.7
´
10
7
ly
1.6
´
10
22
km =
1.7
´
10
9
ly
Light takes 1.7 billion
years to cross this box.
We don’t show a next
step because it would
light to take 170 billion
years to cross that box,
longer than the age of
the universe as we’ll
see in Chapter 15.
(From our Text:
Horizons, by Seeds)