http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/ My Confined Space is an image blog with user submitted pictures of anything and everything, funny, serious or dark. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81975 reboot Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:13:03 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81975 @iZombie, No problem, it was an interesting, non-obvious question. @iZombie,
No problem, it was an interesting, non-obvious question.

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81970 deuce Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81970 Oops... shouldn't reply to old comments unless I refresh the page for new comments... Oops… shouldn’t reply to old comments unless I refresh the page for new comments…

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81969 deuce Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:47:44 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81969 I think at the time the map was made, Venus was, in fact, farther from us than the Sun was. It's what happens sometimes when things orbit :P I think at the time the map was made, Venus was, in fact, farther from us than the Sun was. It’s what happens sometimes when things orbit

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81967 iZombie Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:07:31 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81967 Thank you! I just spent the last couple hours reading as much a could on wikipedia regarding this. Your explanation was far easier to understand and more to the point. Thank you! I just spent the last couple hours reading as much a could on wikipedia regarding this. Your explanation was far easier to understand and more to the point.

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81966 reboot Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:52:50 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81966 Actually we can go a bit further and use the law of cosines to show that anytime the Earth-Sun-Venus angle is greater the 69.5 degrees, then the distance between Earth and Venus will be greater than 1 AU. So Venus does not even need to be on the "far side" of the sun for the distance to be greater than the Sun. Actually we can go a bit further and use the law of cosines to show that anytime the Earth-Sun-Venus angle is greater the 69.5 degrees, then the distance between Earth and Venus will be greater than 1 AU. So Venus does not even need to be on the “far side” of the sun for the distance to be greater than the Sun.

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81963 reboot Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:40:36 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81963 @iZombie, Probably because its an average distance. Distance between Earth and Sun is always 1 AU, but distance between Earth and Venus varies between about .3 AU and 1.7 AU depending on relative orbital position. If Venus spends more time on the "far" side of the Sun then the average would come to more that 1 AU. @iZombie,
Probably because its an average distance. Distance between Earth and Sun is always 1 AU, but distance between Earth and Venus varies between about .3 AU and 1.7 AU depending on relative orbital position. If Venus spends more time on the “far” side of the Sun then the average would come to more that 1 AU.

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81962 iZombie Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:17:45 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81962 Quick question. Why is the earth closer to the Sun than to Venus? Quick question. Why is the earth closer to the Sun than to Venus?

]]> http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-81942 Hepathos Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:08:13 +0000 http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/12/14/logarithmic-map-of-the-universe/#comment-81942 Now I understand EVERYTHING! Now I understand EVERYTHING!

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