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Scale --- 1 Metre to 1 AU
1 AU (Astronomical unit) = distance Sun to Earth = 149,597,870,691 m
        Model Diameter   Distance      
          km scaled mm million km au light* scaled metres
    Solar System Wiki              
Sun Wiki 3D 1,392,530 9.31        
Mercury Wiki 3D 4,878 0.03 58 0.39 3.22 lm 0.39
Venus Wiki 3D 3D 12,104 0.08 108 0.72 6.00 lm 0.72
Earth Wiki 3D 3D
3D
12,756 0.09 150 1.00 8.34 lm 1.00
Mars Wiki 3D 6,794 0.05 228 1.52 12.68 lm 1.52
                     
Asteroid Belt Wiki       543 3.63 0.50 lh 3.63
Jupiter Wiki 3D 3D
3D 3D
142,800 0.95 778 5.20 0.72 lh 5.20
Saturn Wiki 3D 120,000 0.80 1,427 9.54 1.32 lh 9.54
Uranus Wiki   52,000 0.35 2,870 19.18 2.66 lh 19.18
Neptune Wiki 3D 48,400 0.32 4,497 30.06 4.17 lh 30.06
                     
Pluto Wiki 3D 2,300 0.02 5,899 39.43 5.47 lh 39.43
                     
  Kuiper Belt (outer limit)
Trans-Neptunian object
Wiki       7,480 50 6.93 lh 50
                     

 

Eris (approx dim.) Wiki   2,600 0.02 14,511 97.00 13.45 lh 97.00
                     
  Voyager 1
(2008-09-12 Travelling @ 3.628AUpa) (predicted)
Wiki       16,082 107.50 14.90 lh 107.50
                     
  Oort cloud (inner limit) Wiki       1,495,979 10,000 57.76 ld 10,000
  Oort cloud (outer limit) Wiki       14,959,787 100,000 1.58 ly 100,000
                     
  Proxima Centauri Wiki       39,923,430 266,872 4.22 ly 266,872

AU (Astronomical Unit) (The official symbol for this unit is ua, but in most English language speaking countries it is written as AU. unité astronomique (ua))BIPM
Kuiper Belt (30 to 50AU)
Oort Cloud (up to 100,000AU) [at scale, equal to Newcastle to Sydney (approx 100km)]
Proxima Centauri (or Alpha Centauri C) 4.22 Light Years [at scale, equal to Newcastle to Kempsey (approx 266km)]

light* - the time taken for light to travel from the sun. ls=light seconds, lm=light minutes, lh=light hours, ld=light days, ly=light years

see also "Solar System scale calculations xls (zip)". This includes planets, moons and some stars. Calculations include size of the bodies, distances to them and your weight.

Source: NASA | Nine Planets | Solar Views | Sky and Telescope | U.S. Naval Observatory

This page updated: Saturday, 2008-11-01 home