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 : 10,000,000,000

REAL DISTANCES		PLANETS	MODEL DISTANCES
Diameter	Orbit Radius		Diameter	Orbit Radius
average	average		average	average
km	km		cm	m
1,392,000		Sun	13.92
4,879	57,910,000	Mercury	0.04879	5.791
12,100	108,200,000	Venus	0.1210	10.82
12,740	149,600,000	Earth	0.1274	14.96
6,779	227,900,000	Mars	0.06779	22.79
950.0	413,800,000	Ceres Asteroid Belt	0.009500	41.38
139,800	778,600,000	Jupiter	1.398	77.86
116,500	1,433,000,000	Saturn	1.165	143.3
50,720	2,877,000,000	Uranus	0.5072	287.7
49,250	4,503,000,000	Neptune	0.4925	450.3
2,372	5,874,000,000	Pluto Kuiper Belt	0.02372	587.4

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 : 10,000,000,000

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