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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Solar System Model Table

Rings
Moons
Stars & Galaxies

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

Model scale: 1 : 4,640,000,000

REAL DISTANCES		PLANETS	MODEL DISTANCES
Diameter	Orbit Radius		Diameter	Orbit Radius
average	average		average	average
km	km		cm	m
1,392,000		Sun	30.00
4,879	57,910,000	Mercury	0.1052	12.48
12,100	108,200,000	Venus	0.2608	23.32
12,740	149,600,000	Earth	0.2746	32.24
6,779	227,900,000	Mars	0.1461	49.12
950.0	413,800,000	Ceres Asteroid Belt	0.02047	89.18
139,800	778,600,000	Jupiter	3.013	167.8
116,500	1,433,000,000	Saturn	2.511	308.8
50,720	2,877,000,000	Uranus	1.093	620.0
49,250	4,503,000,000	Neptune	1.061	970.5
2,372	5,874,000,000	Pluto Kuiper Belt	0.05112	1,266

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 : 4,640,000,000

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