5
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.
(From our Text:
Horizons, by Seeds)