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To Scale: The Solar System (Original Post)
yuiyoshida
Jul 2017
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JuJuYoshida
(2,210 posts)1. when did you find this? very cool indeed!
yuiyoshida
(41,736 posts)2. just now
National Geographic Channel
Ilsa
(61,656 posts)3. I saw another astrophysicist do this on a cable show, but he didn't
have the orbital light show, or the sunrise. I think he used various sized balls for perspective, but I'm not certain the size was accurate because the objects would have been too small to see.
Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)4. Rec to Support Fellow Science Freak
Even though the murder of Pluto goes unpunished!
PJMcK
(21,859 posts)5. That's marvelous!
Thank you, yuiyoshida!