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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 : 6,327,270,000
REAL DISTANCES PLANETS MODEL DISTANCES
Diameter Orbit Radius   Diameter Orbit Radius
average average   average average
km km   cm m
1,392,000   Sun 22.00  
4,879 57,910,000 Mercury 0.07711 9.152
12,100 108,200,000 Venus 0.1912 17.10
12,740 149,600,000 Earth 0.2014 23.64
6,779 227,900,000 Mars 0.1071 36.02
950.0 413,800,000 Ceres
Asteroid Belt
0.01501 65.40
139,800 778,600,000 Jupiter 2.209 123.1
116,500 1,433,000,000 Saturn 1.841 226.5
50,720 2,877,000,000 Uranus 0.8016 454.7
49,250 4,503,000,000 Neptune 0.7784 711.7
2,372 5,874,000,000 Pluto
Kuiper Belt
0.03749 928.4
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 : 6,327,270,000
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