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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 Nov 2013

    .@Brad27127: If a football at the 50 yd line were the Sun, how far is the Oort Cloud? // 400 mi away. Earth? The 35 yd line.

    2:36 PM - 5 Nov 2013
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      1. Darrell  🖖🏽‏ @TheTrekNerd 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 If I ever have another kid (no), I'm gonna name him/her Oort.

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      1. 200+ IQ genious‏ @bootydude69 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @brenAKAswag but i thought he was a coach!!

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      1. Andrew Dionne‏ @sentientcheese 11 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 had this stuck in my head since reading it. How big would that make the habitable zone?

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      1. kest‏ @kest23 7 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson As a kid, I learned that if Earth=globe in the living room, the moon=a ball on my doorknob and the sun=my school down the street.

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      1. Liberalis Femina‏ @LiberalisFemina 7 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 Wow.

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      1. Mark Burtenshaw‏ @brothergui 6 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 What's the assumed metric? Size of football sun (diameter = ball L or W)? Solar system = field (with Neptune = 0 yd)?

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      1. Andrew Gudmundson‏ @RealLucinator 5 Nov 2013
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        “@neiltyson: If a football at the 50 yd line were the Sun, how far is the Oort Cloud? // 400 mi away. Earth? The 35 yd line.”

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      1. Ron Senter‏ @RonSenter 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 Do you have a lot of time on your hands or do you have people to figure this stuff out ????

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      1. Caterham7 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇨🇦 🇺🇸‏ @GeorgiaUSASpur 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 Ok. What down is it?

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      1. Andrew Kowal‏ @akowal 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 and earth would be smaller than a pea.

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      1. Jamie‏ @JVoglund 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson i think whats funny is that you could be making that up and just about everyone would trust you.

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      1. David Watson‏ @dww24 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 It's at the concession stand.

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      1. ~st andre~‏ @monk32 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson does every star have some version of an Oort Cloud?

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      1. Airsoft Outlet NW‏ @Airsoftoutletnw 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 So solar powered early warning/defense systems in the Oort cloud is gonna need some tweaking.

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      1. Anagram‏ @WayneLaMarch 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson if the sun were compressed to a sugar cube, how many sugar cubes would the largest known suns be?

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      1. Satirical Satan‏ @satanistweeting 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson what would that be in metric or Canadian football? @Brad27127

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      1. Johnny Dzubak‏ @AOCJohnny 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 wow!

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      1. vicente ynclino‏ @ryukan2 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @Brad27127 This is the only way some of us dummies can understand our place in relation to other humans and to Eveything..Thanks!

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