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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 | |||||
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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
Source: NASA | Nine Planets | Solar Views | Sky and Telescope | U.S. Naval Observatory
This page updated: Saturday, 2008-11-01