Easy to remember scaled down Universe.

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Its a bit of a coincidence that there are 63241 Astronomical Units (AU) to 1 Light Year, and there are 63360 inches to a Mile.

So therefore if you reduce the Solar system in size so that Earth is just 1 inch from the sun, in one year, Light would travel 1 mile. At this scale Pluto is exactly 1 metre from the sun. Proxima Centauri a mere 4.2 miles.

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We use both Meters and Miles in the UK. If I'm map reading (Military) I use KM, but if driving or cycling I use miles. fked up I know but it works for me.

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Derek Smith said:

In our house the summer maximum temperatures are measured in Fahrenheit, at least once over 45 degrees, yet when it is cold Centigrade is used.

Haha, same here.

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standards said:

These are very useful for me when covering science n religion topics with humanities type folk.

Got any more?

Yes, Sir. Try this link.

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/download/2inc...

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QUOTE[Fine view from here, lots of stars, all over the place, they are our gang. The Galaxy of which the Sun is a member. We are called collectively The Milky Way. There are none very close, bit off-putting, might be in for a bit of a long walk here. We spot the closest to us, it has a name plate, Alpha Centauri, sounds posh, we’ll nip over there for some cucumber sandwiches. Five thousand heavy paces and two hours later we are there. Half a minute to cross the Solar System and two hours to the next star, still we can do it on a Sunday morning and get back home for tea.]

Not 5000 steps but 271,600 steps I'm afraid. It will take you a little longer.

Edited by Vanguard21 on Saturday 18th June 15:53