112 = Staring Safely At The Sun and Celebrations Off By One

46m

🌞 How far away from the Sun do we have to travel before we can look at it without damaging our eyes?

πŸ“† Is there an off by one error with anniversaries?

🍝 And AOB has been slow cooked and packed up in tupperware for safe storage


The starting point for Matt’s theory:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-maximum-light-intensity-that-a-human-eye-can-withstand-without-being-damagedΒ 


Astroid Mattparker:Β 

https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=mattparkerΒ 


Distance to Voyager 1: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/where-are-voyager-1-and-voyager-2-now/Β 



Here’s how to get involved with Matt’s Moon Pi Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/standupmathsΒ 


If you’re heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, you can get tickets to see Bec here:

https://tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk/event/14:5884/


And you can get tickets to see Matt here:

https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/getting-triggy-it-matt-parker-does-maths



If you’re on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!Β Β 

If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps.Β 

Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.

Listen and follow along

Transcript

Transcript processing... come back later!