JesseCuster Posted March 6, 2014 #1 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I came across a link to this recently. A model of the solar system depicted with the following: Earth's moon = 1 pixel Gives a good persepective on just how huge the solar system is, and how empty space is. As it points out at the end when it reaches Pluto, the webpage would be 6,000+ times as wide before you hit the next solar system. Enjoy! http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted March 6, 2014 #2 Share Posted March 6, 2014 looked at and it's pretty sweet, u think our solar system is packed but its not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpiosonic Posted March 7, 2014 #3 Share Posted March 7, 2014 It's cool...thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted March 8, 2014 #4 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Awesome - a great find, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter B Posted March 9, 2014 #5 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Incidentally, for sale somewhere online is a ten volume set of books illustrating much the same concept. So volume 1 starts with the Sun and I think reaches out to Mars (also illustrates asteroids IIRC), volume 2 has Jupiter, and the remaining planets are spread out over the remaining 8 volumes. So there are a couple of volumes with nothing but black pages all the way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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