Size your Sun, pick a spot on Earth, and every planet’s orbit lands on the map at true model scale.
Inspired by Guy Ottewell’s Earth as a Peppercorn.
The Sun of this model, at true size.
Generate the scaled solar system. Explore. Make markers to remind yourself how big the universe is. Make markers to pique others’ curiosity.
Click anywhere to place the Sun — or use your location above.
Orbits are drawn at mean distance; Pluto’s band sweeps perihelion to aphelion. *Sunlight reaches the Moon alongside Earth.
On-screen sizes are approximate — the printed page is exact.
Print and cut apart — one card per body, drawn at its true model size, each code opening this exact model. Stand one at each orbit; steps are ordinary strides, about 1 m each.