让你了解地球在宇宙中的位置的照片
让你了解地球在宇宙中的位置的照片
We are so entrenched in the bubbles of our social lives that sometimes we forget how insignificant some of the things are when put against the whole image. And while for some people this realization might be comforting, that a spilled coffee, a lost job or a loss of a relationship is just such a small fraction of things happening in the universe, for others the thought can be absolutely terrifying.
我们在社会生活的泡沫中如此根深蒂固，以至于有时我们会忘记，与整体形象相比，有些事情是多么微不足道。虽然对一些人来说，这种认识可能会让他们感到安慰，但打翻的咖啡、失去的工作或失去的关系只是宇宙中发生的事情的一小部分，而对另一些人来说，这种想法可能是绝对可怕的。
Why not take a closer look at what’s out there and compare how vast the surrounding universe is compared to our little green planet? See for yourself just how big Jupiter is compared to North America? Or how big our sun is compared to the largest observed star? Maybe you’ll have to stop for a second and re-evaluate how you perceive everything around you!
为什么不仔细看看外面有什么，并比较一下周围的宇宙与我们这个绿色的小星球相比有多大?看看木星和北美比起来有多大?或者我们的太阳与最大的观测恒星相比有多大?也许你必须停下来一秒钟，重新评估一下你是如何看待周围的一切的!
This is the Earth, a planet that we all currently live on
这是地球，我们现在都生活在这个星球上
Image credits: NASA
And this is the solar system where our planet shares space with the other 7
这是太阳系，我们的星球和其他7个星球共享空间
Image credits: NASA
The solar system is fascinating, with a history of not much, not little, just 4.568 billion years! It consists of a single star (Sun, duh!), 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and 3 universally accepted dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Eris). Oh, and everything in between, such as moons and asteroids and such. The system mass of the solar system is 1.0014 solar masses (one solar mass is equal to approximately 2×1030 kg, do the calculations) and the majority of the system’s mass is in the Sun (99,86 %) with the remaining majority contained in Jupiter.
太阳系很迷人，它的历史不多，也不少，只有456.8亿年!它由一颗恒星(太阳，嗯!)，8颗行星(水星，金星，地球，火星，木星，土星，天王星，海王星)和3个普遍接受的矮行星(谷神星，冥王星，厄里斯)。哦，还有介于两者之间的东西，比如卫星和小行星之类的。太阳系的质量是1.0014个太阳质量(一个太阳质量大约等于2×1030千克，做一下计算)，系统的大部分质量在太阳(99%，86%)，其余的大部分在木星。
Jupiter is our giant of the solar system. It is so big that the entire continent of North America looks like a green speck on it
木星是太阳系中最大的行星。它是如此之大，整个北美大陆看起来就像一个绿色的斑点
Image credits: John Brady/Astronomy Central
Another big body is Saturn. Here you can see how big it is compared to Earth (or 6 of them)
另一个大的天体是土星。在这里你可以看到它与地球(或其中的6个)相比有多大
Image credits: John Brady/Astronomy Central
Here’s how an artist imagined Rosetta’s Comet (67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko) would look when compared to the size of downtown Los Angeles. Makes you think about those end-of-the-world movies, no?
这是一位艺术家设想的罗塞塔彗星(67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko)与洛杉矶市中心的大小相比会是什么样子。让你想起那些世界末日的电影，不是吗?
Image credits: anosmicovni
Although none of the previous objects have substance compared to our sun, a yellow dwarf star
之前的星体都无法与我们的太阳——一颗黄色的矮星——相比
Image credits: ajamesmccarthy
This is how Earth looks from the surface of the Moon, not too bad?
这是从月球表面看地球的样子，还不错吧?
Image credits: NASA/Bill Anders
And then there’s the view from behind Saturn’s rings, we seem like a planet for ants
从土星环后面看，我们的星球就像蚂蚁
Image credits: NASA
So if that doesn’t put things into perspective, then let’s go big. This is how Earth looks when compared to the Sun
所以，如果这还不能让事情变得有意义，那我们就做大点。这是地球与太阳相比的样子
Image credits: John Brady/Astronomy Central
Though the Sun doesn’t look as bad when looking from the surface of Mars, right?
从火星表面看太阳并没有那么糟糕，对吧?
Image credits: NASA
There are so many stars in the universe that their number outweighs how many grains of sand there are on Earth’s beaches
宇宙中的恒星如此之多，以至于它们的数量超过了地球海滩上的沙粒数量
Image credits: Sean O’Flaherty
Almost all individual stars we see at night scattered all across the sky are just a fraction of what lies out there
几乎所有我们在夜晚看到的分散在天空中的星星都只是其中的一小部分
Image credits: ScienceDump
