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yuiyoshida

(41,857 posts) Mon Jul 31, 2017, 12:21 PM Jul 2017

To Scale: The Solar System

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To Scale: The Solar System (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jul 2017 OP

when did you find this? very cool indeed! JuJuYoshida Jul 2017 #1

just now yuiyoshida Jul 2017 #2

I saw another astrophysicist do this on a cable show, but he didn't Ilsa Jul 2017 #3

Rec to Support Fellow Science Freak Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #4

That's marvelous! PJMcK Aug 2017 #5

JuJuYoshida

(2,216 posts)

1. when did you find this? very cool indeed!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 12:25 PM

Jul 2017

yuiyoshida

(41,857 posts)

2. just now

Reply to JuJuYoshida (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 12:28 PM

Jul 2017

National Geographic Channel

Ilsa

(61,697 posts)

3. I saw another astrophysicist do this on a cable show, but he didn't

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 12:47 PM

Jul 2017

have the orbital light show, or the sunrise. I think he used various sized balls for perspective, but I'm not certain the size was accurate because the objects would have been too small to see.

Doug the Dem

(1,297 posts)

4. Rec to Support Fellow Science Freak

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Jul 31, 2017, 01:01 PM

Jul 2017

Even though the murder of Pluto goes unpunished!

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)

5. That's marvelous!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 01:53 PM

Aug 2017

Thank you, yuiyoshida!

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