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Orders of Magnitude
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on December 19, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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planetary, planets, universe, light, stars, vacation, clusters, car, restaurant, dwarf, money, dollar, apartment, compact, super
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orders of magnitude in terms of           
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1. a             
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10^0 dollars
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one Snickers bar
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2. ten dollars
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10^1 dollars
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a                disc
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3. one hundred dollars
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10^2 dollars
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dinner at a nice                     
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4. one thousand dollars
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10^3 dollars
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a nice                 
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5. ten thousand dollars
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10^4 dollars
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a new       
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6. one hundred thousand dollars
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10^5 dollars
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an                    in Paris
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eight orders of magnitude / size scales
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1. human being
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about 1 meter
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10^0 meters
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2.               
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next step up in structure
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range from 10^6 - 10^7 meters
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the jump in orders of magnitude between the size of a man and the size of a planet is larger than the different between the price of a candy bar and a nice apartment in Paris
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3. stars
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10^8 - 10^12 meters
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           stars to giant stars
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4.                    sytems
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our solar system
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10^13 meters
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5. galaxies
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vast collections of           
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10^19 meters
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a jump of nine orders of magnitude, more than from man to planet
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6. galaxy                 
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groups of galaxies
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10^22 meters
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7.            clusters
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clusters of clusters of galaxies
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10^24 meters
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8. size of                 
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the observable universe, i.e. the bubble of            which encompasses the universe which we can see
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but there is most likely more universe beyond even that
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our understand now is the the universe is, in fact, infinite, on the largest scales

Ideas and Concepts:

A sense of perspective via this tonight's Modern Astronomy class: "Regarding the size of objects in the universe from the size of a human being and upward, we typically consider eight orders of magnitude:(1) HUMAN BEINGS we can say is on average about 1 meter high or 10^0 meters, the (2) PLANETS are the next step up in size structure and range from 10^6 - 10^7 meters, next we have (3) STARS which range from dwarf stars to giant stars and range from a size of 10^8 - 10^12 meters, then (4) PLANETARY SYSTEMS, e.g. our solar system have a size of around 10^13 meters, then come (5) GALAXIES which are vast collections of stars which are 10^19 meters, which, notice is a jump of nine orders of magnitude, more than from the size of man to the size of planets, then come (6) GALAXY CLUSTERS, or groups of galaxies, which are 10^22 meters, then (7) SUPERCLUSTERS, or clusters of clusters of galaxies which are 10^24 meters, such as as our home supercluster Laniakea, and finally we have the size of (8)THE UNIVERSE itself, which we often consider to be merely the observable universe, i.e. the bubble of light which encompasses the universe which we can see, but since there is most likely much more universe beyond even that, our current understanding of the universe is that it is, in fact, infinite on the largest scales."
Orders of Magnitude
Comparative Planetology