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Alternatively, this shows just how far the planets actually are from each other, relative to their diameters. Look for articles about "scale model of solar syst

Alternatively, this shows just how far the planets actually are from each other, relative to their diameters. Look for articles about "scale model of solar system" for some more interesting reading, e.g.: https://www2.tntech.edu/leap/astr1010/sssm.html https://www2.tntech.edu/leap/astr1010/sssm.html

dkpk 3y ago
This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing!
- masklinn 3y ago
  https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.... is a hilarious linear scale model of the solar system (scale is that the moon is 1px). Do be warned that for some people scale model of such scales trigger existential dread.
  - dkpk 3y ago
    Woah, this is mind blowing!
  - em-bee 3y ago
    would be nice to also add the largest recognized dwarf planets, even though they are half the size of the moon.
froh 3y ago
some places also offer interplanetary hikes to scale this one is 1:310^9, and it has feel-the-gravity weights for the planets, too: https://sfeu.de/planetenweg/index.html https://sfeu.de/planetenweg/index.html what I personally found mind blowing was insight into earth at scale. if you go for 1mm==10km then earth has 4m equatorial circumference, 1.28m diameter. bat that scale, Mt Everest is .8mm, the Mariana trench is 1.1mm and the distance from Nuremberg where I live to Erlangen "next door" is 1.6mm, and Germany is the size of my hand, and.big enough to have visible curvature. the outer 60km, that is 6mm at this scale, are solid, then it's dough, some places even pudding or outright liquid. the crust is* an eggshell, swimming on the inside of earth. breathable atmosphere is just a teensy thin .5mm layer, overall it's 2mm. such a model should be in every school, to me it's a deeply humbling experience, reminding me of the fragility of our habitat.
ncruces 3y ago
Like Sweden? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System

dkpk 3y ago

This is really interesting. Thanks for sharing!

masklinn 3y ago
https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.... is a hilarious linear scale model of the solar system (scale is that the moon is 1px). Do be warned that for some people scale model of such scales trigger existential dread.
- dkpk 3y ago
  Woah, this is mind blowing!
- em-bee 3y ago
  would be nice to also add the largest recognized dwarf planets, even though they are half the size of the moon.

froh 3y ago

some places also offer interplanetary hikes to scale this one is 1:310^9, and it has feel-the-gravity weights for the planets, too: https://sfeu.de/planetenweg/index.html https://sfeu.de/planetenweg/index.html what I personally found mind blowing was insight into earth at scale. if you go for 1mm==10km then earth has 4m equatorial circumference, 1.28m diameter. bat that scale, Mt Everest is .8mm, the Mariana trench is 1.1mm and the distance from Nuremberg where I live to Erlangen "next door" is 1.6mm, and Germany is the size of my hand, and.big enough to have visible curvature. the outer 60km, that is 6mm at this scale, are solid, then it's dough, some places even pudding or outright liquid. the crust is* an eggshell, swimming on the inside of earth. breathable atmosphere is just a teensy thin .5mm layer, overall it's 2mm. such a model should be in every school, to me it's a deeply humbling experience, reminding me of the fragility of our habitat.

ncruces 3y ago

Like Sweden? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System