They're So Round!: The Solar System's Planets To Scale

Because there's jackshit on the internet today but a guy who bit a snake, here's a graphic depicting all our solar system's planets to scale (come on -- would it have killed you to still include Pluto?). As tipster Chris pointed out, all the terrestrial planets could fit comfortably inside Uranus. Inmyanus? The rest of them too. :/

Thanks to Chris, who heard there are people out there that can fit entire galaxies up there.

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  January 12, 2011

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• Symphony Of Science: The Case For Mars

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