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[โ€“] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's surprisingly far away! Shockingly far. It baffles me every time I stop to think about it; it's so incomprehensibly far, I am incapable of visualizing how far it is, no matter how many times I play with the scrollable solar system web page.

[โ€“] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

We are simply not meant be be able to REALLY grasp such dimensions. ๐Ÿ˜”