I found these pictures on another website.. no idea where they originally came from.
#1 The Earth and other "rocky" planets.
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The Earth is the largest of the four inner planets (and much larger than Pluto). Think about how large our world seems to us.
#2 The Gas Giants
The Earth is tiny compared to even the smallest of the gas giants. Our planet is even 2 or 3 times smaller than the Great Red Spot, a storm on Jupiter that has been going for more than 400 years. Jupiter is the largest of these planets. It is so large that you could fit all the other planets and their many moons inside it. Jupiter "is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, and with a volume 1300 times that of Earth." - Wikipedia
#3 The Sun
As large as it is, Jupiter is tiny compared to the Sun. The Earth is but a speck. I am less than that.
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#1 The Earth and other "rocky" planets.
click for larger imageThe Earth is the largest of the four inner planets (and much larger than Pluto). Think about how large our world seems to us.
#2 The Gas Giants
The Earth is tiny compared to even the smallest of the gas giants. Our planet is even 2 or 3 times smaller than the Great Red Spot, a storm on Jupiter that has been going for more than 400 years. Jupiter is the largest of these planets. It is so large that you could fit all the other planets and their many moons inside it. Jupiter "is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, and with a volume 1300 times that of Earth." - Wikipedia
#3 The Sun
As large as it is, Jupiter is tiny compared to the Sun. The Earth is but a speck. I am less than that.
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:3,4
Very nice trort. I always enjoy your astrological musings...i mean astronomical musings. Pretty sweet strongbad e-mail this week eh?
-B rad