Is there a minimum distance?

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I would imagine there is no limit to how small space can get. Is this correct? I am aware of planck's constant, but cannot objects be closer than Planck's constant is short?

Perhaps this question is simpler than I am making it to be. Regardless, an answer is appreciated.

Planck's constant is not a distance, but look at Planck length: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_length — , Oct 29 '15 at 01:38
Possible duplicate of the second part of http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/28720/ ; see links therein. — HDE 226868, Oct 29 '15 at 01:46
Related: http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/9720/2451 , http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/28720/2451 , http://physics.stackexchange.com/q/62003/2451 and links therein. — Qmechanic, Oct 29 '15 at 07:07
If there was a minimum distance, it would take forever to measure, thanks to my old nemesis Heisenberg. — userLTK, Oct 29 '15 at 09:02
@g3n1uss wrote: "Lubos Motl answered this question a long time ago." — peterh, Jul 12 '16 at 21:24
Oh-oh... @ACuriousMind got a golden tag badge... bad time is coming. — peterh, Jul 12 '16 at 21:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 12 '16 at 21:00

I guess you are talking about the Planck lebgth, not the planck-constant.

But this is no minimum distance either. Its just the minimum space in which action can be defined. Its the distance, which is traveled trough by light in one planck second.

But that does not mean it is the smallest distance to exist.

Is there a minimum distance?

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