and lined them up, would the line be able to make it to Alpha Centauri, and if so, how much farther would the line be? I read in "Mad about Modern Physics" if you lined up the atoms in a grain of sand end to end it would be 30 times the distance from Earth to the Moon. So, naturally, this question came to mind.
2006-12-17 10:10:05 · 5 answers · asked by lsupergeorgel 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
how the hell could anyone possibly figure out that it can go 30 times the distance from the earth to the moon.
if that statement is true it would take all the atoms from about 3,390,527 grains of sand to reach Alpha Centauri.
i did the math for that and checked it, but i have absolutely no idea how many grains of sand will fit in the grand canyon and nether will anyone else
2006-12-17 13:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by daniel T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Say each and each grain is a million/2 millimeter. The cube for all this sand could be 0.9 meters the two aspects Cubic root of 6.5x10^9 = 1870 grains. If the grain length is 0.5 mm then the cube is 900 mm The weigh could be some million.5 metric tonnes
2016-12-18 15:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, i am pretty sure alpha centauri is farther than 30 times the distance between the earth and the moon.
2006-12-17 10:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Totally mute question because you could not fill the Grand Canyon with sand. The Colarado River would wash it down stream faster than you could fill it.
2006-12-18 04:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You would have one of the greatest sand boxes for kids that the world has ever seen.
2006-12-18 01:41:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋