a sense of scale
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ZOOMZOOM
POWERS OF 10
FROM MICRO TO MACRO COSMOS
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This is a trip at high speed, jumping distances by a factor of 10.
We’ll start with 100 (equivalent to 1 meter), and will increase the size by a factor of 10, or 101 (10 meters), 102 (10x10 = 100 meters, 103 (10x10x10 = 1,000 meters), 104 (10x10x10x10 =
10,000 meters), so on, until we reach the limit of our imagination in the direction of the macro cosmos.
Later we’ll return, a little faster, back to the point where we started & continue our trip in the opposite direction reducing distances of travel by factors of 10 into the micro cosmos.
We will observe the constancy of the laws of the universe and think about how much the human race still needs to
learn...
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BON VOYAGE!
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Distance to a bunch of leaves in the garden
100
1 meter
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Starting our trip upwards .... We can see the foliage.
101 10 meters
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At this distance we can see the limits of the forest and the edifications
102
100 meters
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We will pass from meters to kilometers..
Now it is possible to jump with a parachute ...
103
1 km
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The city could be observed but we really can’t see the houses
104
10 km
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At this height, the state of Flórida - USA, is just coming into view ...
105
100 km
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Typical sight from a satellite
106
1,000 km
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The northern hemisphere of Earth, and part of South America
107
10,000 km
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The Earth starts looking small...
108
100,000 km
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The Earth and the Moon’s órbit in white....
109
1 Millión km
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Part of the Earth’s Orbit in blue
1010
10 Million km
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1011
100 Million km
Órbits of: Venus and Earth...
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Órbits of: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Júpiter.
1012
1 Billión km
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At this height of our trip, we could observe the Solar System and the orbits of the planets
1013
10 Billion km
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1014
100 Billion km
The Solar System starts looking small...
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The Sun now is a small star in the middle of thousands of stars...
1015
1 Trillión km
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At one light-year the little Sun star is very small
1016
1 light-year
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Here we will see nothing in the infinity....
1017
10 light-years
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“Nothing” Only stars and Nebulae...
1018
100 light-years
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1019
1,000 light-years
At this distance we are travelling in the Via-Láctea (Milky Way), our galaxy.
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We continue our travel inside the Via-Láctea (Milky Way)
1020
10,000 light-years
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We begin reaching the periphery of the Via-Láctea(Milky Way)
1021
100,000 light-years
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At this tremendous distance we can see the entire Via-Láctea (Milky Way) & other galáxies as well ...
1022
1 Millión light-years
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From this distance, all the galaxies look small with immense empty spaces in between.
The same laws are ruling all bodies of the Universe.
We could continue traveling upwards with our imagination, but now let’s return home quickly
1023 - 10 Million light-years
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1022
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1021
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1020
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1019
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1018
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1017
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1016
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1015
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1014
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1013
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1012
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1011
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1010
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109
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108
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107
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106
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105
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104
Questions that come to mind ...
Who are we? Where are we going? Where did we come from?
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Or... What do we represent in the Universe?
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In this trip “upwards” we went to the power of 23 of 10
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101
Now we are going to dig inside of matter in a reverse (inverse) trip...
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We arrive at our starting point. We could touch it with our hands ...
100
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Getting closer at 10 cm ...We can delineate the leaves.
10-1
10 Centímeters
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At this distance it is possible to observe the structure of the leaf.
10-2
1 Centímeter
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The cellular structures begin to show...
10-3
1 Millímeter
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The cells can be delineated.
You can see the union between them.
10-4
100 microns
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Starting our trip inside
the cell ...
10-5
10 microns
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The nucleus of the cell is visible.
10-6
1 micrón
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Again we changed the measuring unit to adapt to the miniscule size.
You can see the chromosomes.
10-7
100 Nanometers
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In this micro universe the DNA chain is visible.
10-8
10 Nanometers
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...the chromosóme blocks can be observed.
10-9
1 Nanometer
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It appears like clouds of electrons... These are carbon átoms that formed our world.
You should notice the resemblance of the micro cosmos with the macro cosmos ...
10-10
1 Angstrom
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In this miniature world we could observe the electrons orbiting the atoms.
10-11
10 Picometers
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An immense empty space between the nucleus and the electron orbits...
10-12
1 Picómeter
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At this incredible and minuscule size we could observe the nucleus of the atom.
10-13
100 Femtómeters
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Now we could observe the nucleus of the carbon atom
10-14
10 Femtómeters
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Here we are in the field of the scientific imagination, face to face with a proton.
10-15
1 Femtómeter
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Examine the ‘quark’ partícules
There is nowhere further to go...
We are at the limits of current scientific knowledge .
This is the limit of matter...
10-16
100 Attómeters
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And now ...
Are you the center of the universe?
Are you the special creature of the Creatión?
What is behind the limits? Are there any limits?
Note that going downwards we could only go to the power of minus 16ª of 10 to reach the (known?) limits of matter... But upwards we went to the power of 23ª of 10 and stopped... But we could have continued our trip subject only to the limits to our imagination!!!!
... then?
... Who says that we are alone in the universe?
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Hope youenjoyed the trip. The End!