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The document compares the scaled sizes and distances of planets and objects in our solar system to help visualize their actual sizes and distances relative to one another. It notes that if the Sun was the size of a softball or grapefruit, Mercury would be the size of a pepper flake 5.8 meters away, while Neptune would be the size of a peppercorn over 449 meters away, highlighting how much empty space exists between celestial objects in our solar system.

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The document compares the scaled sizes and distances of planets and objects in our solar system to help visualize their actual sizes and distances relative to one another. It notes that if the Sun was the size of a softball or grapefruit, Mercury would be the size of a pepper flake 5.8 meters away, while Neptune would be the size of a peppercorn over 449 meters away, highlighting how much empty space exists between celestial objects in our solar system.

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The document compares the scaled sizes and distances of planets and objects in our solar system to help visualize their actual sizes and distances relative to one another. It notes that if the Sun was the size of a softball or grapefruit, Mercury would be the size of a pepper flake 5.8 meters away, while Neptune would be the size of a peppercorn over 449 meters away, highlighting how much empty space exists between celestial objects in our solar system.

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Jump to Jupiter!

Planet Sizes and Distances


The chart below gives the scaled sizes and distances of the planets, Pluto, and asteroid belt
if the Sun was the size of a softball or grapefruit. One very large jump is roughly equal to a
meter. As you can see, most of space is just that, SPACE! It gets awfully cold out there as
you travel away from the Sun!

Scaled Average
Scaled Diameter Approximate Total
Distance from Sun
(reduced by a factor of Number of Jumps
(reduced by a factor of
10 billion) from Sun
10 billion)
5.5” (14 cm)
Sun - -
(softball or grapefruit)

0.02” (0.049 cm)


Mercury 5.8 m 6
(pepper flake)

0.05” (0.12 cm)


Venus 10.8 m 11
(poppy seed)

0.05” (0.13 cm)


Earth 15.0 m 15
(poppy seed)

0.03” (0.068 cm)


Mars 22.8 m 23
(pepper flake)

Ceres (Asteroid 0.004” (0.1 mm)


41.4 m 41
Belt Object) (dust)

0.5” (1.4 cm)


Jupiter 77.8 m 78
(marble)

0.5” (1.2 cm)


Saturn 142.4 m 142
(marble)

0.2” (0.51 cm)


Uranus 287.1 m 287
(peppercorn)

0.2” (0.50 cm)


Neptune 449.8 m 450
(peppercorn)

0.023 cm
Pluto 590.6 m 600
(pepper flake)

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