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I did a spreadsheet some time ago with the appropriate proportions, taking the data from the NASA website, just for fun, thinking about how big the solar system
by mrfinn 4y ago
I did a spreadsheet some time ago with the appropriate proportions, taking the data from the NASA website, just for fun, thinking about how big the solar system would be if the sun would be like a 60cm diameter (big) beach balloon.
My results:
Mercury: 26m away, pinhead alike.
Venus: 49m away, pea alike.
Earth: 67m away, pea alike (again).
Mars: 103m away, small lentil alike.
Jupiter: 350m away, tennis ball alike.
Saturn: 645m away, golf ball alike.
Uranus: 1,3km~ away, 2€ coin alike.
Neptune: 2km~ away, 1€ coin alike.
PS. Forgot the most impressive info by far... in that "beach ballon=star" scale, our closest star neighbor is almost 7,000kms away!