The Scale of the Universe 2

[pokerfan]

A new version of the old powers on ten flash:

http://htwins.net/scale2/

[DrDan]

1. then consider the scale of the multiverse

[Hissyspit]

2. "Lengths shorter than this are not confirmed"

[northoftheborder]

3. Awesome.

[dmallind]

4. fucking auto-ad shit.

[laconicsax]

5. Much better than the first.

It could be a bit clearer on some of the explanations though...

[drokhole]

6. This link is a bit faster to load...

http://static.flabber.net/files/scale-of-the-universe-2.swf

[Esra Star]

7. I have a question.

Somebody may know the answer.
If Sirius B is smaller than Jupiter, how did the fusion reaction get started?
My current understanding is that the critical mass required would have to be up around the Sun.
Did I miss a memo? Is it a white dwarf or some such?
TIA

[pokerfan]

8. Its much more massive than Jupiter

About 1,000x.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius_B#Sirius_B

[Esra Star]

9. That's what I thought

which means the scale in the graphic is wrong, which is a shame because that was the point.

[pokerfan]

10. Why is it wrong?

[Esra Star]

11. I assume you have access to "The Scale of the Universe" in question

If you go to the part which features Sirius B, you will see that they have it
relatively smaller than the gas giants of our Solar system.
Am I missing something?

[pokerfan]

12. based upon what we know (that it's a white dwarf)

that's about the right size.

[Esra Star]

13. Got it. Thanks, nt

[TheMadMonk]

15. Aw, and I was just about to say: "We appear to have a density issue here."

Jupiter, 1.33 g/cm^3

Sirius B, 100+ g/cm^3

[Soylent Brice]

14. larger mass doesn't always mean larger object

think density. the more dense an object is the more mas there is, depedning on chem composition, etc.

: )