112 = Staring Safely At The Sun and Celebrations Off By One
A Problem Squared23 Juni 2025

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

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

📆 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-damaged


Astroid Mattparker:

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


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



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

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


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!

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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.

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