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Old 04-02-2012, 07:25 PM
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Relative sizes, from the very small to the very large:

http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white
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Old 04-02-2012, 07:47 PM
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That, is cool...
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Old 04-02-2012, 07:56 PM
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I feel like I just watched the opening credits of "The Big Bang Theory."

One unit of measurement omitted: typical airline flight length.
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Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
I feel like I just watched the opening credits of "The Big Bang Theory."

One unit of measurement omitted: typical airline flight length.

It was out there around 10^23 and labeled "perceived length of a typical airline flight"


yoctometer, that just sounds funny
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Very Cool...thanks for posting.
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