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Solar system, shrunk to a street
If one AU (the Earth to Sun distance, 150 million km) were one metre, here is how the solar system lines up.
| Object | Real distance from the Sun | On the 1 AU = 1 m scale |
|---|---|---|
| Earth | 1 AU | 1 m |
| Jupiter | 5.2 AU | 5.2 m |
| Neptune | 30 AU | 30 m |
| Voyager 1 (late 2026) | about 170 AU | about 170 m |
| Proxima Centauri | 4.25 light years | about 269 km |
In human terms
- On this scale the Sun is a 9.3 mm bead and the Earth a 0.09 mm speck.
- The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across. At this scale that is roughly 6.3 million km, or about 16 times the real Earth to Moon distance.
Planet distances: NASA planetary fact sheet. Light year and AU per IAU definitions. Scale maths done on this page's build script.