What is the biggest object you can imagine?

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bluemingidiot
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What is the biggest object you can imagine? Jul 14, 2022 5:53:21 GMT Melissa, Woodpecker, and 3 more like this

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Post by bluemingidiot on Jul 14, 2022 5:53:21 GMT

Stephenson 2-18 is among the largest known stars, one of the most luminous red supergiants, and one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.

Stephenson 2-18 has a volume nearly 10 billion times that of the Sun. Taking this estimate as correct, it would take nearly 9 hours to travel around its surface at the speed of light, compared to 14.5 seconds for the Sun. If placed at the center of Earth's Solar System, its photosphere would engulf the orbit of Saturn

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What is the biggest object you can imagine? Jul 14, 2022 22:39:41 GMT Woodpecker, bowdonkey, and 2 more like this

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Post by bluemingidiot on Jul 14, 2022 22:39:41 GMT

Can you imagine explaining this to someone who lived a thousand years ago? I do not believe that one in a thousand could even comprehend the size of the sun at that time.

People who think they have put God in some kind of box and they are on some level field of understanding with Him blow my mind. My personal belief is that I am very little farther along, if any, from Solomon when he said, "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole [duty] of man."

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