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Bulletin Board Solar System
(Scale: 1 millimeter 1000 kilometer)

Heavenly Body

Size (Kilometer)

Scale on Board (millimeter)

Mercury

5,000

5

Venus

12,300

12

Earth

12,600

12

Mars

6,700

7

Jupiter

138,700

139

Saturn

114,600

115

Uranus

51,200

51

Neptune

49,600

50

Pluto

5,800

6

Sun

1,382,400

1,382

Moon

4,000

4


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