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- Astronomy deals with objects on a vast range of sizes, speeds, and times
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just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I
mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but
that's just peanuts to space.”
- -- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 1979
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- Powers of Ten movie(s)
- Cosmic Voyages
- Contact Opening
- When looking to reach readers, relate to everyday experience whenever
possible, if only to boggle with the truth.
- Examples? How long to walk to the
moon if you could? The sun? Another star? How about at jet airplane speeds?
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- Astronomical Unit (AU)
- Light Year (and Light Speed Units)
- Parsec (about 3.2 light-years, or 206265 Aus)
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