{"id":85,"date":"2019-01-10T01:07:48","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T06:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/mste5120physicalscience\/?post_type=chapter&p=85"},"modified":"2019-01-10T01:22:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T06:22:17","slug":"if-the-solar-system-was-a-vegetable-garden","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/mste5120physicalscience\/chapter\/if-the-solar-system-was-a-vegetable-garden\/","title":{"raw":"If the solar system was a vegetable garden...","rendered":"If the solar system was a vegetable garden…"},"content":{"raw":" \r\n\r\n\u00a0The Solar System =\u00a0<\/strong>More about the distance scale of the local universe<\/strong>\r\n\r\nConsider the solar system as a vegetable garden.\r\n\r\nIf the sun were the size of a large pumpkin in your backyard,\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_91\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"225\"]\"\" Pumpkin CC BY 4.0 Jennifer Lusuengo[\/caption]\r\n\r\nthen the Earth would be about the size of a pea located over half a city block away.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_92\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"239\"]\"\" Earth the size of a pea. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOn this scale, Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system - would be the size of a mandarin orange, located more than three blocks from the pumpkin.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_94\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"225\"]\"\" Jupiter as a mandarin orange. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo[\/caption]\r\n\r\nPluto would be size of an apple seed over three kilometers from your yard.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_95\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"221\"]\"\" Pluto the size of an apple seed. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIf the solar system were a vegetable garden, it would make for a rather slim harvest indeed.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIf one continues the analogy for distances beyond the solar system, our cosmic garden becomes sparser still, for one must journey 18 thousand kilometers before encountering the next vegetable -- the nearest star -- a red cabbage.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_93\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"225\"]\"\" Nearest star as a red cabbage. CC BY 4.0 Image by Jennifer Lusuengo[\/caption]\r\n\r\nOriginally inspired by Keith Janke, Member of the R.A.S.C. Edmonton Centre, Re-printed for the Edmonton Observatory\u00a0 (Used with permission)\u00a0 Copyright free images drawn for this chapter by Jennifer Lusuengo.\u00a0 Thanks to BCcampus for providing the grant for these images.\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

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\u00a0The Solar System =\u00a0<\/strong>More about the distance scale of the local universe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consider the solar system as a vegetable garden.<\/p>\n

If the sun were the size of a large pumpkin in your backyard,<\/p>\n

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Pumpkin CC BY 4.0 Jennifer Lusuengo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

then the Earth would be about the size of a pea located over half a city block away.<\/p>\n

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Earth the size of a pea. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On this scale, Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system – would be the size of a mandarin orange, located more than three blocks from the pumpkin.<\/p>\n

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Jupiter as a mandarin orange. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pluto would be size of an apple seed over three kilometers from your yard.<\/p>\n

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Pluto the size of an apple seed. CC BY 4.0 image by Jennifer Lusuengo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the solar system were a vegetable garden, it would make for a rather slim harvest indeed.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

If one continues the analogy for distances beyond the solar system, our cosmic garden becomes sparser still, for one must journey 18 thousand kilometers before encountering the next vegetable — the nearest star — a red cabbage.<\/p>\n

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Nearest star as a red cabbage. CC BY 4.0 Image by Jennifer Lusuengo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Originally inspired by Keith Janke, Member of the R.A.S.C. Edmonton Centre, Re-printed for the Edmonton Observatory\u00a0 (Used with permission)\u00a0 Copyright free images drawn for this chapter by Jennifer Lusuengo.\u00a0 Thanks to BCcampus for providing the grant for these images.<\/p>\n

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