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How Big Are Things?
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small Real
world

big     solar system between galaxy
nano
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meter
kilo
Mega
Giga
Tera
Peta
Exa

Context: the big picture

meters
1027
universe1026~ visible universe
1025distance to Coma Cluster
1024distance to Virgo Cluster | galaxy clouds | superclusters | voids | filamets
galaxies1023The Local Group | galaxy clusters
1022distance to M31 | a Mpc (megaparsec)
1021galaxy
 

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10-2
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small10-4microRoom
10-5
10-6
10-7nanoRoom
10-8
10-9
atoms10-10atoms | 1 Angstrom (A)
10-11
10-12pm (picometer)
nucleus10-13
10-14atomic nuclei
10-15fm (femtometer) | proton
sub-nuclear

really
really
small

10-16
10-17
10-18am (attometer)
10-19
10-20
10-21
10-22
10-23
10-24
10-25
10-26
10-27
10-28
10-29
10-30
10-31
10-32
10-33
10-34
10-35~ space no longer "flat" (Planck-Wheeler length)

Related links:
  Orders of magnitude: Distance
  A View from the Back of the Envelope - Length

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