The Size and Scale of the Solar System

Earth_to_Moon_rel.distance (2K)
Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 384,400 km, 238,800 mi, 0.00257 AU

































Oort_cloud_Sedna_orbit (541K)
The Orbits of the Planets to Scale, including the Far Reaches of the Solar System
An AU is an Astronomical Unit. 1 AU is the average distance of the Earth from the Sun. 1 AU = 1.49 × 1011 m
Name Orbital Distance (m) Orbital Distance (AU)
Mercury 5.79 × 1010 0.389
Venus 1.08 × 1011 0.726
Earth 1.49 × 1011 1.00
Moon 3.84 × 108 (from Earth) 0.003
Mars 2.28 × 1011 1.530
Jupiter 7.78 × 1011 5.224
Saturn 1.43 × 1012 9.593
Uranus 2.87 × 1012 19.268
Neptune 4.50 × 1012 30.230
Pluto 5.91 × 1012 39.688
Each of the Outer Planets is approximately twice as far from the Sun as the one that came before. For example, Jupiter is about 5× farther from the Sun than the Earth and Saturn is about 10× farther from the Sun than the Earth. This isn’t true for Neptune but it illustrates the enormous size of the Solar System.










planets-inner.only-Relative.to.Ea.Other (58K)
The Sizes of the Inner Planets Relative to Each Other (Pluto also shown for comparison)











Planets.Relative.to.Ea.Other (32K)
The Sizes of the Planets Relative to Each Other











Planets.Relative.to.Sun (28K)
The Sizes of the Planets Relative to the Sun










Sizes.of.Stars (64K)
The Size of Some Stars Relative to the Sun
See the Size of the Solar System Activity, for which this page is an introduction
Sources for these images: http://www.zolfo78.com/planet-stars
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Last updated: Nov 12, 2009        Home