For Your Astronomers: Two Interactive Web Pages Showing The Solar System To Scale

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Link 1: The Solar System to Scale

 

...The aim of this website is to put our solar system in to perspective. Our solar system is a vast place and so it is unpractical for many diagrams of the solar system to be in perfect scale simply because the distances involved are so large. However, this model of the solar system comes as close as possible to being in proportion...

 

http://i.snag.gy/xrKCw.jpg

 

Link 2: A quick trip through our Solar system

 

Hi there. This webpage exists to try and give you someunderstanding of the scale of the Solar System.

Each of the grey lines represents 1,000,000 miles - that's roughtly the same as 250 Earths laid side by side. Put simply, it's a long way. To get started on your galactic adventure, use the menu on the bottom of the screen.

Have fun!

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http://i.snag.gy/ewtLZ.jpg