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This
page shows a scale model of the solar system, shrunken down to the
point where the Sun, normally more than eight hundred thousand miles
across, is the size you see it here. The planets are shown in
corresponding scale. Unlike most models, which are compressed for
viewing convenience, the planets here are also shown at their
true-to-scale average distances from the Sun. That makes this
page rather large - on an ordinary 72 dpi monitor it's just over half a
mile wide, making it possibly one of the largest pages on the web. This
means you'll have to do a bit of scrolling if you want to find the
planets, but don't despair. They are reasonably bright and labeled, so
you can probably catch them flashing by in the blackness even if you
are scrolling fairly fast.
Speaking of Pluto, I know it's no longer technically a planet,
but it's still included in this model for reasons of tradition.
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