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Scale of Universe is an interactive experience to inspire people to learn about the vast ranges of the visible and invisible world. Click on objects to learn more. Use the scroll bar to zoom in and out.
Across multiple scientific disciplines, from biology and chemistry to physics and geology, time scales are explored that include ages, durations and rates, and size scales including distances in three dimensions, which underpin areas and volumes.
16 lis 2018 · On our scale its diameter is 0.9mm (smaller than our Moon) and the orbit varies between 1.7km and 2.9km. Figure 6 shows the relative sizes of the orbits of the outer planets with an inset for the inner planets.
2 gru 2018 · Course content. Course reviews. Scale – dealing with the miniscule to the massive, over milliseconds to millennia – is central to all the sciences. In this free course, Scales in space and time, you’ll go to the absolute limits of what can be measured – all through a study of an oak tree!
This video provides a brief history of the Universe and gives details of its age and size today. The questions that follow will help you discover the time and space scales that correspond to the biggest and oldest objects in the size–time explorer.
15 gru 2022 · At the smaller end of the scale, we use centimetres (cm) and millimetres (mm). For the smallest things in this scale, we use micrometres (μm). A droplet of water in a cloud, for example, is typically 10 micrometres.
29 maj 2017 · Knowing the distance of celestial objects is crucial: it provides a key factor in distinguishing a very luminous, distant object from one that is much closer but inherently less bright – and thus in working out what the object is.
