01 August 2012

Same Difference

I've always liked knowing the sizes of things, and I thought I'd heard a while ago that the size of Earth compared to Jupiter was the same as the size of an electron compared to a proton. Well, I looked it up, and it turns out that scientists don't actually know how big an electron is, which makes it rather hard to compare it to anything. But the idea of finding the same differences in sizes between things got stuck in my head, so I decided to do a graphic about it.




1 comment:

TS Hendrik said...

There's not enough water to go around! I'm going to start hoarding. All for me, none for you.

Sorry, I've never been good with spatial relativity.