The Scale of Space
If the Sun were a basketball, how far away would the planets be?
Sun
Basketball
If the Sun were a basketball...
Earth
Peppercorn
Earth would be a peppercorn 26m away
Jupiter
Walnut
Jupiter would be a walnut 135m away
Neptune
Blueberry
Neptune would be a blueberry 820m away
Live Space Data
Real-time measurements from our cosmic neighborhood.
384,400
km to Moon
27,600
km/h ISS speed
4.24
ly to Proxima
Today in Space History
May 20, 1978
Pioneer Venus Orbiter launched to study Venus atmosphere
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