millimeter's Room - looking at a sheet of graph paper
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galaxy | | 21 |
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| 20 19 |
local stars | 18 |
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| 17 16 |
between | 15 |
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| 14 13 |
E's orbit | 12 |
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| 11 10 |
sun | 9 |
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| 8 7 |
texas | 6 |
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| 5 4 |
hood | 3 |
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| 2 1 |
you | 0 |
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| -1 -2 |
salt grain | -3 |
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| -4 -5 |
bacteria | -6 |
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| -7 -8 |
atom | -9 |
10-3 m
1 mm
10-2 m
10 mm
10-1 m
100 mm
grain of salt
~ 1 mm
marble ~ 10 mm





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"hundreds" (100 mm, ~4 in)
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