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The visible Universe is about 13.7 billion light years across and getting larger with every year.

The Solar System is a mere 2 light years at most, a mere 6'850'000'000 of that number.

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These are the times it takes light to move the corresponding distance.

* Diameter of a planet: less than a second.

* Diameter of the Solar System (including the Oort Cloud): 2 years

* Diameter of our galaxy: 100,000 years.

* Diameter of the observable Universe: 92 billion years

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If the solar system were the size of a CD, then the galaxy would be the size of Earth.

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the solar system is a tiny speck comparing to the milky way ;0

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