Space is mostly space.
Change the scale to discover what a distance on a map really means.
LOGARITHMIC SPACING / SUN-CENTERED REFERENCE
Logarithmic spacing makes the inner planets visible. Distance ratios are compressed. Planet symbols are enlarged, and positions are illustrative.
- Sun → Neptune
- 4,498,393,012 km
- Astronomical units
- 30.07 AU
- One-way light time
- 250.08 minutes
384,400 KM
Mean center-to-center distance. Approximately 1.28 seconds for a one-way radio signal. The separation varies along the Moon’s orbit.