1. Our Place in
the Universe

2. The Distance
AU = Astronomical
Unit
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Unit of Distance for
astronomy
Average distance
between Earth and
Sun
150 million km
Light takes 8.31 min
from the Sun to reach
us.

3. The Distance
Speed of Light ?
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300,000 km /sec
LIGHT YEAR
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Unit of Distance NOT time!
Distance Light can travel in ONE Earth Year
Therefore :
1 Light Year = 9,500,000,000,000 km

4. Diagram 1
12,756 km
Diameter

9. 4.21 Light years

16. Allah’s Universe
Can a universe so orderly, so vast be
created by Chance?
Do you still believe that the Universe
formed it self and that it has no creator?

17. Allah’s Universe
Surah Al Baqarah
2: 117
“The Originator of the heavens and the
Earth! When He decreeth a thing,He said
unto it only : Be! And it is.”

18. Our Neighbors
Proxima Centauri – Our nearest Star
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40,000,000,000,000 km away
4.21 Light Years away
Andromeda – Nearest Galaxy
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21 quintillion km away from us
i.e. 21,000,000,000,000,000,000 km
2.3 million light years away
The Milky Way Galaxy is about 150,000 light-years
across
It takes light from the sun 8.31 minutes to reach earth