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Just how big is big?

Just how big is big?. To do this, we need to make a model. Start with the Solar System. We’ll let one inch equal 1,000,000 miles. Using this scale, our Sun would be about .9” in diameter. Source – Solar Dynamic Observatory.

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Just how big is big?

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  1. Just how big is big?

  2. To do this, we need to make a model.

  3. Start with the Solar System. We’ll let one inch equal 1,000,000 miles.

  4. Using this scale, our Sun would be about .9” in diameter. Source – Solar Dynamic Observatory

  5. The nearest planet, Mercury, is 36,000,000 miles away from the Sun. Source – MESSENGER Mission Website

  6. On our scale, Mercury would be 36” (3 feet) from the Sun. Source – MESSENGER Mission Website

  7. The next planet, Venus, is 67,000,000 miles away from the Sun. Source – JPL Photo Journal Website

  8. On our scale, Venus is 67 inches (5’ 7”) from the Sun. Source – JPL Photo Journal Website

  9. Earth is next. It is 93,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – MESSENGER Mission Website

  10. On our scale, the Earth is 93 inches (7’ 9”) away from the Sun. Source – MESSENGER Mission Website

  11. Mars is next on our journey. It is 141,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  12. On our scale, Mars is 141 inches (11’ 9”) away from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  13. How long would it take to call Mars? Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  14. The asteroids average about 293,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – Astronomy Picture of the Day, April 13, 1998

  15. On our scale, the asteroids would be (24’ 5”) from the Sun. Source – Astronomy Picture of the Day, April 13, 1998

  16. Jupiter is the first of the outer gas giants. It is 484,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  17. On our scale, Jupiter would be 484 inches (40’ 4”) away from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  18. Saturn follows Jupiter. It is 886,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  19. On our scale, Saturn is 886 inches (73’ 10”) from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  20. Uranus is next at 1,800,000,000 miles away from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  21. On our scale, Uranus is 1,800 inches (150’) from the Sun. Source – Hubble Space Telescope Website

  22. Neptune is last planet. It is 2,800,000,000 miles away from the Sun. Source – JPL Photojournal Website

  23. Neptune is last planet. It is 2,800 inches (233’ 4”) away from the Sun. Source – JPL Photojournal Website

  24. The dwarf planet Pluto is 4,600,000,000 miles away from the Sun. Source – JPL Photojournal Website

  25. On this scale, Pluto is 4,600 inches (383’ 4”) from the Sun. Source – JPL Photojournal Website

  26. The farthest dwarf planet, Eris, can be as far as 12,700,000,000 miles from the Sun. Source – Astronomy Picture of the Day, June 19, 2007

  27. On our scale, Eris would be 12,700” (1,058’ - .2 of a mile) from the Sun. Source – Astronomy Picture of the Day, June 19, 2007

  28. The nearest star to the Earth, Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light years (26,000,000,000,000 miles) from the Sun. Source – Science on a Sphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  29. On our scale, Alpha Centauri would be 26,000,000 inches (410 miles) away from the Sun. Source – Science on a Sphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  30. 410 miles from Brigham City would be near the Four Corners area. Source – Geology.com

  31. We now need a new scale. Let the Solar System be the size of an Oreo cookie. Source – Portrait of the Universe

  32. On this scale, the Milky Way Galaxy would be the size of North America. Source – Portrait of the Universe

  33. The black hole at the center of the Milky Way would be in the middle of Kansas. Source – Portrait of the Universe

  34. What is Between the Stars?

  35. On this scale, the Andromeda Galaxy (2,200,000 light years away) would be 55,000 miles away from the Milky Way. Source – Universe Today Website

  36. For light to travel from one end of the universe to the other would take 14,000,000,000 years.

  37. On the Oreo scale, this would equal about 510,000,000,000,000 miles (or a diameter of about 84 light years!).

  38. Where is the Center of the Universe?

  39. So, to answer our original question, space is huge! Here are things in the universe from small to large!

  40. Earth Sun

  41. Solar System

  42. Milky Way (a galaxy)

  43. A Cluster of Galaxies

  44. Universe (everything!)

  45. And that’s the scale of the universe.

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