![]() So I thought I would see if a computer screen could help make a map of a solar system that’s a bit more accurate (while teaching myself a few things about javascript, SVGs and viewports along the way). Are we doing ourselves a disservice by ignoring all the emptiness? Pictures in books, planetarium models, even telescopes are pretty misleading when it comes to judging just how big the universe can be. I kept trying to describe the distance using metaphors like “if the earth was the size of a golf ball, then Mars would be across the soccer field” etc., but I realized I didn’t really know much about these distances, besides the fact that they were really large and hard to understand. ![]() I was trying to explain how taking a summer vacation to Mars in the future will be a much bigger undertaking than a trip to Palm Springs (though equally as hot). I was talking about the planets with my 5-year-old daughter the other day. ![]()
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