The solar system to scale

[Siro]

Please follow this link to enjoy scrolling for hours to cover the vast swaths of empty space that lies between the planets in this accurate, to scale, map of the solar system.

https://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

 

[Qman]

Scroll at the speed of light!

 

[Siro]

Scroll at the speed of light!

It still takes several hours for light to reach Pluto from the sun.

 

[mellow]

Planet/Star Light Years
Uranus 0.000304 (160 light minutes)
Neptune 0.000476 (250 light minutes)
Pluto 0.000624 (327 light minutes)
Alpha Centauri (nearest star other than Sun) 4.35 light years

 

[fishonjazz]

No thanks

 

[LogGrad98]

I scrolled through that whole thing in about 30 seconds. I traveled through time. Kinda like that time I put instant hot cocoa in the microwave.