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Solar System Scale Model Calculator

Solar System Model Inputs

Calculate the scaled planet diameters and planet-sun distances for a solar system model.
Enter scale or diameter or distance, select to show table and/or map below, select options, then press Calculate.
Examples:    Scale 1 : 100000000   or   Sun Diameter = 10 cm   or   Neptune Distance from Sun = 1000 ft.
Model scale: 1 :
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  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Earth
  • Mars
  • Ceres - Asteroid Belt
  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune
  • Pluto - Kuiper Belt
  • Eris - Scattered Disk
  • Planet9 - Distant Detached Objects

Solar System Model Table

  • Rings
  • Moons
  • Stars & Galaxies
  • US units (mi/ft/in)
  • Min & Max distances
  • Astronomical Units
  • Light travel times
Model scale:  1 : 1,826,770,000
REAL DISTANCES PLANETS MODEL DISTANCES
Diameter Orbit Radius   Diameter Orbit Radius
average average   average average
mi mi   in ft
864,900   Sun 30.00  
3,032 35,980,000 Mercury 0.1052 104.0
7,519 67,230,000 Venus 0.2608 194.3
7,916 92,960,000 Earth 0.2746 268.7
4,212 141,600,000 Mars 0.1461 409.3
590.3 257,100,000 Ceres
Asteroid Belt
0.02047 743.2
86,870 483,800,000 Jupiter 3.013 1,398
72,390 890,400,000 Saturn 2.511 2,574
31,520 1,788,000,000 Uranus 1.093 5,167
30,600 2,798,000,000 Neptune 1.061 8,087
1,474 3,650,000,000 Pluto
Kuiper Belt
0.05112 10,550
Orbits of objects beyond Neptune are highly eccentric ellipses, not circles.

Solar System Model Map

Latitude:
Longitude:
You may right-click (or equivalent gesture) on the map to change latitude & longitude.
Model scale:  1 : 1,826,770,000
Map not shown.