Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics: The solar system in a nutshell
May 2010: Bring the scale and distance of these celestial bodies down to size.
Contributed by Glenn Chaple
Published:
March 29, 2010
 Our solar system is so vast that it’s sometimes difficult to picture. But by creating smaller scales of our cosmic neighborhood, we can begin to comprehend the relative sizes of Earth, the Sun, and the planets.
Photo by The International Astronomical Union/Martin Kornmesser
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