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One of the snippets mentioned Sun->Pluto was around 665~ widths, I believe; does this mean the distance from Pluto to Proxima is 10x the width of our planetary
by mmanfrin 13y ago
One of the snippets mentioned Sun->Pluto was around 665~ widths, I believe; does this mean the distance from Pluto to Proxima is 10x the width of our planetary system?
If so, that is much closer than I thought. I had always held the notion that the nearest solar system was magnitudes greater distance than our own planets (although I admit the distance to pluto from here is pretty damn enormous relative to the distance to other planets in our system).
- sgt101 13y agoNo, I think 6771 *665 widths is close to the truth.
- widdma 13y agoI'm not sure where you went wrong, but your original notion was correct! http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28Distance+to+Proxima+Centauri%29+%2F+%28Distance+from+the+Sun+to+Pluto%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28Distance+to+Proxima+...
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