The solar system , rent alone the Universe , is too big to measure out by any schematic means . So how the hell did early astronomers manage to do it without all the fancy kit scientists now have at their disposal ?
In this video , Crash Course describes how the Universe got measured — from the Ancient Greeks figuring out the size of it of the Earth , to using the distance between the Earth and Sun as a substance of measure how far forth nearby stars are . It ’s enough to make you palpate a footling small .
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