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..............................................................YOU ARE HERE ..........................................................

I hope you enjoy the Travel Pages I created for this place I call "Home".

EARTH:
Part of an ordinary solar system, which consists of an average star, planets, the satellites of those planets, numerous comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.

The nearest star to our Sun is Alpha Centauri, a triple star system, 4.3 light years away.

Our whole solar system, together with the local stars, orbits the center of our home galaxy, a place we call the "Milky Way". The Sun and Alpha Centauri are among about half a trillion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, which is about 100,000 light years across.

Our nearest large galaxy neighbor is the Andromeda Galaxy, about 2 million light years away. It is a spiral galaxy like ours, but is 4 times as massive.

TRANSLATION:

If you think of the Sun as a basketball, the Earth would only be the size of the head of a pin -- a mere speck. .....How far away are we from the Sun? The basketball and the pin would be seperated by about 100 feet -- a third of a football field. If you were standing at the basketball and didn't have a telescope to help you, you wouldn't even be able to see the pinhead Earth. .....How far away Is Alpha Centauri? If the sun were a grapefruit in San Francisco, the next grapefruit would be 2,500 miles away, in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Yes, you are here!

So sit back, relax, as we travel through intergalactic space, together!

100ACRE

Intro Updated Nov 8, 2008
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Etoile2B Jun 23, 2008 at 10:25 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday neighbor! Here's to many more wonderful years!
YVRDave Jun 23, 2008 at 8:46 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday
CrystalBlue Jun 23, 2007 at 1:02 PM Report Abuse

Happy birthday! Hope it is a beautiful one for you.
atufft Jun 22, 2007 at 11:40 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday fellow Northern California resident. Hope your travels through SFO are pleasant ones...
omran Jun 23, 2006 at 9:13 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday, dear friend. Enjoy your day!
planxty Jun 23, 2006 at 4:14 AM Report Abuse

Very warm birthday wishes from London - have a great day. fergy.
Mikebond Jun 23, 2006 at 3:21 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday from Italy!
mary2u99 Jun 22, 2006 at 6:26 PM Report Abuse

Hi there!! Have a wonderful day and Happy Birthday to you.:-)
deecat Jun 22, 2006 at 6:24 PM Report Abuse

Birthday greetings are coming your way via Chicago. I do so hope it's a terrific and special day for you.
Larnie Jun 22, 2006 at 6:17 PM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday!!!