# Get a sense of scale for planets

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [February 1, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730 "2011-02-01T00:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730/1 "2011-02-01T00:53:02Z")

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> Earth may be a special place, but it’s really not all that big compared to other planets in the solar system, as blogger [Brad Goodspeed](http://bradblogspeed.com/what-would-neptune-look-like-if-it-orbited-ea) illustrates in this video. The planetary images are tweaked to show how big other planets would appear if they orbited our world at the distance of the moon, 240,000 miles (380,000 kilometers) away.

The video and story [HERE](http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/31/5960635-get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets)!

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730/2 "2011-02-02T23:12:02Z")

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Pretty darn cool!

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**Author:** ![RADMAN513](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/radman513/32/364_2.png) [@RADMAN513](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/RADMAN513)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730/3 "2011-02-03T14:55:44Z")

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This video makes you feel even smaller in the grand scheme of things.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/a/ae45b34527783dcf158aeb4b3d3724db5985ff21.jpeg "Star Size Comparison 1 (HD)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q)

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/get-a-sense-of-scale-for-planets/45730/4 "2011-02-03T17:21:58Z")

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Apparently they don’t believe I’m the center of the universe. Someone get me my slippers 🙂