There’s a lot of excitement over New Horizons and its little jaunt out to Pluto, which apparently looks a bit like this:
Pluto
New Horizons’ view of Pluto
To help fit this into perspective there is a nice image been produced showing things which are definitely not planets to scale:
To Scale Not Planets
Solar System objects which are not planets, to scale
In a similar vein here are the eight planets to scale:
Planets to Scale
The eight planets to scale
But the two images aren’t the same scale. For that you need this one:
Solar System to Scale
Spherical objects in the solar system, drawn to scale
Anyway, looking forward to more close up views of little old Pluto, which should be unveiled later this evening 🙂
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