2006-08-26 16:11:33 · 10 answers · asked by aggies_2011 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If the sun was the size of a basketball on the goal line of a football field, Earth would be about the size of a pea on the fifty yard line. Jupiter would be a baseball on the other goal line. Saturn would be a tennis ball on a paper plate up in the sky boxes. Pluto would be a grain of sand way out in the parking lots. And the nearest star would be about five or ten miles away.The Moon would be a grain of sand about two inches from Earth.
Kind of puts things into perspective, doesn't it...?
2006-08-26 16:18:18 · answer #1 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the most amazing things about our solar system is the sheer scale of it. In fact it is so big that it is very difficult for us to comprehend it at all.
I hope that this page gives you some idea of the enormous scale of our solar system, but remember that space doesn't end after Pluto. If you find the amount of empty space in our solar system amazing, just think about the space between stars or the space between galaxies. To reach the nearest star to our Sun you would have to travel almost 10,000 times further than we did to reach Pluto. To reach the Andromeda Galaxy, one of our nearest galactic neighbours it would be almost 4 billion times as far!
2006-08-26 23:30:51 · answer #2 · answered by spaceprt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The first source gives the sizes of the planets to scale. The second source gives the orbits to scale. You cannot see both to scale at the same time on a computer screen because the planets are too small compared to their orbits. To do that you need to build a model. Use the 3rd source to do that.
2006-08-27 17:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not realistically possible to do so. The sun is just under a million miles in diameter; suppose we represent it by a quarter dollar (just under an inch across). The earth would then be a hundredth of an inch across -- about the size of a pinhead, located 93 inches (just under eight feet) from the sun. Jupiter would be five times as far away, about a tenth of an inch in diameter. Neptune would be over 200 feet from the sun, and only a thirtieth of an inch in diameter.
2006-08-26 23:23:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes I could if you go to this website then read what it says then you will see a scale of the solar system!
http://www.phrenopolis.com/perspective/solarsystem/index.html
2006-08-26 23:19:59 · answer #5 · answered by agent_chip007 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's very difficult to show all the planets' sizes and distance to the same scale and not have it picture be several yards across.
2006-08-26 23:15:28 · answer #6 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2006-08-26 23:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Dwight D J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - nasa.org
2006-08-26 23:21:42 · answer #8 · answered by SweetNurse 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes, that is possible.
2006-08-26 23:15:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
look up
2006-08-29 17:13:31 · answer #10 · answered by DAD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋