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.

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Solar System Model Table

Rings
Moons
Stars & Galaxies

US units (mi/ft/in)
Min & Max distances
Astronomical Units
Light travel times

Model scale: undefined

REAL DISTANCES		PLANETS	MODEL DISTANCES
Diameter	Orbit Radius		Diameter	Orbit Radius
average	average		average	average
km	km		cm	m
1,392,000		Sun	0
4,879	57,910,000	Mercury	0	0
12,100	108,200,000	Venus	0	0
12,740	149,600,000	Earth	0	0
6,779	227,900,000	Mars	0	0
950.0	413,800,000	Ceres Asteroid Belt	0	0
139,800	778,600,000	Jupiter	0	0
116,500	1,433,000,000	Saturn	0	0
50,720	2,877,000,000	Uranus	0	0
49,250	4,503,000,000	Neptune	0	0
2,372	5,874,000,000	Pluto Kuiper Belt	0	0

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.

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Map not shown.