From planets to electrons, forces pulling toward a central point create the rounds that make up our universe. It is all relative. The scale of objects in this model of the solar system can be measured against the 87-foot diameter Hayden Sphere. Where the Sphere represents the Sun, Jupiter is 9-feet in diameter, Saturn's rings are 17-feet and Earth is the size of a grapefruit. So how big are you, looking up at Jupiter from the surface of a grapefruit?

The Rose Center for Earth and Space
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY

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