At-10-uated Perspective

Tense and tender at the same time, I tentatively give you 10 out of 10 (or 16):

10^-15 meters is the smallest limit of our visibility, when we can see the movements of quarks, the subatomic particles that make up protons and neutrons

At 1 x 10^-13 meters, we can see protons and neutrons in a cell's nucleus

At 10^-10 meters, we can view the outer electrons of the nucleus. This is also called 1 angstrom, and it is used for the measurement of the wavelengths of light

10^-9 meters is the nanometer, the length where we can see the carbon-hydrogen bonds of the DNA helix

At 10^-7 meters, we can see the double helix structure of DNA

10^-6 meters is the micrometer, about the size of a cell's nucleus

10^-3 meters is the millimeter, about the width of a dime or the length of a gnat

10^-2 meters is the handy centimeter, the basic unit of measurement for small objects

10^0 meter is the meter, the basic unit of length for the metric system. It is also the distance a man can run in 10 seconds

10^3 meter is the kilometer, the basic unit for driving distances and the distance a racecar can drive in 10 seconds

10^5 meters is the distance an orbiting satellite covers in 10 seconds

At 10^7 meters away from the surface of the Earth, we can see the whole globe of the planet

At 10^11 meters away from the surface of the Earth, we can see the Sun and all of the inner solar system

At 10^13 meters away from the surface of the Earth, we can see whole the solar system, including the Kuiper Belt

10^16 meters equals 1 light-year, a basic unit of astronomical distance

At 10^21 meters (100,000 light-years) away from the surface of the Earth, we can see the whole Milky Way galaxy

Ten-cue for your a10tion.

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