How Far is Far?

Earth to Moon Distance

Average of 238,000 Miles

Sun to Earth Distance

1 Astronomical Unit (AU)

93,000,000 Miles
Body AU
Mercury .39
Venus .72
Earth 1.0
Mars 1.5
Jupiter 5.2
Saturn 9.5
Uranus 19.2
Neptune 30.1
Pluto 39.5
 Solar System Model

Diameter Orbital Radius Model Diameter

Scaled Radius
Body in Miles in Miles in Inches
in Feet
Sun 865,000 9
Mercury 3,032 36,000,000 .0314
31
Venus 7,521 67,000,000 .0782
58
Earth 7,926 93,000,000 . 0823
81
Mars 4,228 141,000,000 . 0437
123
Jupiter 88,846 483,000,000 .9021
419
 Parallax
Calculating Distance

Viewpoint A

Viewpoint B

Viewpoint A Viewpoint B
 Parallax

Viewpoint A

Viewpoint B
 The Light-Year

186,000 miles/second
X 60 seconds/minute
X 60 minutes/hour
X 24 hours/day
X 365 days/year
5,865,696,000,000 miles/year
Our Nearest Neighbors
Alpha Centauri A & B

Proxima
Centauri
The Solar Neighborhood

Galactic Center
~ 40,000 Light-Years
The Size of Galaxies
The Galactic Neighborhood
Hubble Deep Field Image
Questions?