The Solar System is LARGER than you think

#facts #space #stars #science #galaxy #solarsystem #voyager1

[Ramoreira]

The fact that something man-made left the solar system is insane

[JedEye]

It's insane to think voyager 1 still functions after traveling 18 Billion kilometres

[celiko]

The Voyager missions were the most awesome and impressive space projects ever

[EzendukaEmmanuel-dliy]

For those wondering how the voyager one travelled 18 billion km
It was built from spare nokia parts

[mircea]

If the distance between your thumb and your index finger represent the distance between the earth and the sun, then you will have to walk 6 km to reach the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) and 3 times around the earth to reach the border of our galaxy.

[kirbymarchbarcena]

When Voyager 1 becomes sentient, it'll return to Earth and call itself V-Ger

[hzaagman]

According to NASA, Voyager 1 still has thousands of years to go before it truly leaves the Solar System. They define the Solar System to include everything that is primarily influenced by the Sun's gravity, which according to them covers everything within at least a lightyear (~10 trillion km) from the Sun. At roughly 23.5 billion km, Voyager 1 has covered only a fraction of that distance.

[SaitoKurogana]

Fun fact heliosphere is not the edge of our solar system that title belong to Oort Cloud and It will take about 300 years for Voyager 1 to reach the inner edge of the Oort Cloud and possibly about 30, 000 years to fly beyond it.

[radiospazzable]

You can put a million Earths in our Sun. Not to mention the sun is tiny in comparison to many other stars. UY Scuti star has a radius of 1, 700x that of the Sun. When you think big, you always have to think bigger.

[Kingbimmy]

I remember being super into space as a little kid, and I have NO clue what movie we were watching in elementary school, but it was talking about the vastness of just everything, and how far even just other planets are from one another, and it was one of those core memories, where it finally clicked in my brain- “oh my god… space is not just really big, it’s… it’s incomprehensible. It takes so long just to get to another planet, and it’s so… empty. And dark, and vast, and it’s just everything and everywhere. Holy shit…”
And from that moment on I was even MORE obsessed with space

[clintonalver]

The planets look pretty big until you realise that the moon is only 1.5 light seconds away and you can fit them all between it and us at it's aphelion.

[ColinWrubleski-eqsh]

"The solar system consists of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris."

[Scarpia]

How insignificant my problems seem now.

[Honestandtruth]

When talking about our Solar System and our Galaxy and the Universe is mind blowing 😮😳😲😳

[principedepinoloco]

In fact, you can consider the solar system even larger if you also take the Oort Cloud into account.

[JJ-uiph]

I’m selling round trip tickets to Pluto and back. You must pay upfront tho.

[nuaingjang]

Sometimes, , , the brain is bigger than than the head

[hipsterkennyrogers]

Gas Giant. That was my nickname in high school.

[ZaydenPlayzz]

But the fact that the solar system fits in my phone is crazy

[nbnc]

Nothing has escaped the solar system. The Oort Cloud goes wayyyy past the Heliopause