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> Is there any good way to plot multiple asteroids while maintaining their relative size ie. handling scaling correctly? Sure thing! Just look up the sky. They
by krisoft 2y ago
> Is there any good way to plot multiple asteroids while maintaining their relative size ie. handling scaling correctly?
Sure thing! Just look up the sky. They are all there :) Perfectly to scale even!
Or if you want it scaled down look at an empty sheet of paper. That is a true representation of how many asteroids you would see if we would scale the solar system down to fit the paper.
In fact I just calculated and the sun itself would be about 0.06mm in diameter if you want to scale down the solar system such that the orbit of Neptune fits on a standard A4 paper. So by all means an empty sheet of paper sounds like a correct visual aid to illustrate the solar system in its entirety, not just the asteroids.