"If the Moon Was Only 1 Pixel" can experience the tremendous sense of distance and scale of the solar system centering on the moon of one pixel

Mercury·Venus·The earth·Mars·Jupiter·Saturn·Uranus·Neptune·PlutoIt is calledSolar systemIt is difficult to actually compare distances and scales of stars in limited paper, in many cases, distance and size are made to be abbreviated, assuming that the moon is 1 pixel, By scrolling through, you can experience the sense of distance and size "If the Moon Was Only 1 Pixel"is.

If the Moon Was Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system
http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html


The diameter of the moon is said to be 3474.8 km comparable to the distance from New York to Las Vegas, but if this is expressed in one pixel, the size of the sun will be as follows. I will scroll the browser sideways from here and watch the solar system.


As you scroll with the arrow keys, a black screen with graduations will continue for a while. The two graduations are 100,000 km, marked with a large scale every 1 million km.


It is already over 10 million km away from the sun, but there is no appearance of something appearing.


When I thought that it was "funny" and checked the scroll bar, a very small scroll bar was progressing little by little.


Finally discovered Mercury at a distance of over 50 million km. The diameter of Mercury is 4879.4 km, which is slightly larger than the moon, so despite my hard work, there is only a few pixel points ....


As we scroll further, the word "a new star will appear soon" emerges.


We discovered Venus at more than 100 million km away. The diameter of Venus is 10 1213.6 km. It became easy to see for a moment.


Scroll further ...


Discover the earth and moon.


Move human beingsAs there are plans, Mars is slightly close to the earth's impression.


And from here it will be a long trip. Since Jupiter has three times the distance of the journey so far, you will see a message saying that you are relaxed and sitting.


Even if the scroll bar is advanced or advanced, it is pitch dark.


The question "Are you serious, are you going to win?" Is thrown.


The unmanned spacecraft launched by NASA in 2006New HorizonsIt seems that he reached Jupiter in 13 months.


Finally I arrived at Jupiter. However, despite heading for Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto from now on, the scroll bar has not reached 1/4.


So, there was also a button that would make it easier for people who can not stand scrollbars. When you click each star icon at the top of the screen, scroll is done without permission at arbitrary speed and you can go to the stars in a blink of an eye in a blink of an eye.


In the educational materials etc. the scale of the solar system is drawn abbreviated, but when you realize the solar system centered on a 1 pixel moon with a scroll bar, you will be able to understand "why are you being abbreviated" in its tremendous distance It was.

ByIan Southwell