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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Long Beach CA, the sewer by the sea.
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The relative sizes of the bodies is surprising. The distances between the various bodies as shown with basket balls, tennis balls, golf balls, marbles, etc. will also tickle your brain.
If the sun is an 8" ball and Pluto is a pinhead, the Earth would be a peppercorn. Set the sun down and walk half a mile(!) then put the pin head down. The Earth would be only 78 feet from the Sun. That's the relative distance.
More: The distance to the nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is 4200 MILES using the same model. I don't know what size ball it would be.
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