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Ethans Science Slide
Ethans Science Slide
By Ethan Montaner
PLANETS
In case you havent noticed (which you
should have), planets are HUGE and
there's WAY too many to count. According
to Wikipedia, there is at least 100 BILLION
PLANETS in our galaxy alone. (man that's
a lot)
STARS
Stars are everywhere. There's one in our
solar system, and and they are spread out
throughout the galaxy. Stars come in all
kinds of sizes, and they are bigger than
nearly all the planets we know of. You may
think that our sun is huge, and it is, but
you haven't seen huge until you've seen
other stars. 2MASS J05233822-1403022
is the smallest star found, and it's called a
brown dwarf. It's only a little bit bigger
than Jupiter. In contrast, the biggest star
ever discovered is VY Canis Majoris, which
is 1540 TIMES LARGER THAN THE SUN. If
you put it in the centre of the solar
system, it would reach up to saturn, and
that's a hecka long way away.
CONCLUSION
So, now what do you think? Do you think were small? Or do you still
think were big? All the things I showed you in this presentation SHOULD
have made you feel small, even just a teeny tiny bit. But if you think
about it, we are just a small planet in this colossal, massive, and infinite
universe.