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    > Wow, our sun is BIG...
Even bigger. The solar system you linked to is not even near to having the correct proportions.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Solar-sys...



That one is not to scale, either. That one is: http://mishkahenner.com/filter/works/Astronomical


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Although that would make for an interesting sunrise. "Here comes the su- POOF"


This is pretty misleading. The sun's diameter is much less than 1 AU.


Im pretty sure the sun is bigger than 1 Australia.

Sorry had to, for the confused: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit


Finally found a good version: http://www.scalesolarsystem.66ghz.com/




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