If the moon were only 1 pixel: a scale model of the solar system

Original HN post: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7341690" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7341690</a>

This would be cool if I could actually scroll down to move sideways. My mouse&#x27;s side scrolling is terrible and dragging the scroll bar skips a lot. :(

The close distance between Venus and the Earth reminds me of a proposal to use a Saturn V to do a 1 year manned flyby of Venus: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_Venus_Flyby#Apollo_Applications_Program" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Manned_Venus_Flyby#Apollo_Appli...</a><p>Basically it would use a repurposed S-IVB like Skylab. Skylab has a (relatively deserved) poor reputation, but it was spacious as hell: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awe6vOXURpY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Awe6vOXURpY</a> (I wonder if Pete Conrad, seen running around the station in that video, had seen <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i>)

It is incredible how far voyager 1 has gone, that would be 3 times more scrolling, according to Nasa&#x27;s website it&#x27;s 19 billion km away<p><a href="http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/where/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;voyager.jpl.nasa.gov&#x2F;where&#x2F;</a>

Since someone brought it up, here are the radius of each planet rounded to nearest hundredth, with the first row provided by NASA, and second row used in the OP&#x27;s visualization. Just for those interested. (Really appreciate Crito&#x27;s formatting suggestion below.)<p><pre><code> MERCURY VENUS EARTH MOON MARS JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO 0.38 0.95 1 0.27 0.53 11.21 09.45 4.01 3.88 0.19 0.33 1.33 1 0.33 0.67 13.33 11.33 4.67 4.67 0.33</code></pre>

It&#x27;s neat, but Earth is 3 pixels wide and Venus is 4 pixels wide. Last I checked Nasa claims Venus is about 95% the size of Earth.

Also see: <a href="http://www.distancetomars.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.distancetomars.com&#x2F;</a>

That was enjoyable. Save some of the odd &quot;nothingness&quot; talk, it was a fantastic demonstration of the freaking scale that cosmological physics takes. Think, and people have modeled these scales so well, it&#x27;s hard to freaking believe.

nice page.