How BIG Is Our Solar System? | Earth Lab

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Published on March 16, 2017 1:00:54 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXWtf6O1A9M

Duration: 9:33

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New science kid on the block Dominic Burgess uses the scientific football pitch method to try and give us an idea of just how big our solar system really is.

Footnotes:

1) 2 x distance from sun to the limit of its gravitational pull = 4 light years http://www.universetoday.com/94252/characteristics-of-the-sun/
2) http://www.space.com/17001-how-big-is-the-sun-size-of-the-sun.html
http://www.universetoday.com/65356/how-many-earths-can-fit-in-the-sun/
3) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
4) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
http://www.space.com/18526-venus-temperature.html
http://www.space.com/18527-venus-atmosphere.html
5) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun_and_planets/earth
http://www.space.com/14726-moon-average-distance-earth.html
6) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
http://space-facts.com/mars/
7) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/what-is-jupiter-k4.html
8) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn/moons
9) http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/




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