[HN Gopher] If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
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If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
Author : _Microft
Score : 70 points
Date : 2021-06-20 19:32 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| Nohortax wrote:
| I'd like to knock up a solar system in a right scale and I
| wondered how can I do that. Now that I see this article I think I
| just can't, not in a regular room at least. I guess I will not
| have my solar system in an accurate scale hung on my ceiling. Too
| bad
| zamadatix wrote:
| It's a fun thing for a walking/biking trail near you if you can
| get park permission though!
| drno123 wrote:
| We have one scattered in our city:
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| https://theadventourist.com/solar-system-zagreb-croatia
| overlordalex wrote:
| There is also the famous one starting in Stockholm:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System
| DemocracyFTW wrote:
| and one on a German island: http://www.sternwarte-
| norderney.de/planetenlehrpfad.html
| veganjay wrote:
| Another one in Eau Claire, Wisconsin:
| https://www.visiteauclaire.com/listing/eau-claire-planet-
| wal...
| _Microft wrote:
| It helps that Pluto is no longer a planet but not much.
|
| Uranus is 4.5 billion km from Sun and if, for the sake of
| simplicity, the model is 4.5m wide, that would mean that Earth
| with its diameter of ~13000km would be a speck just 0.013mm
| wide. That should be 1/10th of a single dot at a resolution of
| 200dpi if you are planning to print a map (one dot at 2000dpi
| but good luck printing that;). You might want to consider
| adding an arrow and a label.
| overlordalex wrote:
| You can always look at the size dimension instead - you can
| relatively easily have the planets to scale next to each other
| (As long as you exclude the sun, of course).
|
| Ever since I found out that the planets would fit neatly into
| the gap between the Earth and the Moon I've been toying with it
| as a tattoo idea
| wly_cdgr wrote:
| Ttuly horrifying
| ctdonath wrote:
| Had my daughter make a scaled model of the solar system, radius
| of 1km: https://youtu.be/-fPm5mj0Bhg
| dang wrote:
| Many previous submissions, but the meaningful threads appear to
| be:
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| _If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21735528 - Dec 2019 (82
| comments)
|
| _If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the
| solar system_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13790954 -
| March 2017 (81 comments)
|
| _If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the
| solar system_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13217129 -
| Dec 2016 (11 comments)
|
| _If the Moon Was Only 1 Pixel_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12038584 - July 2016 (4
| comments)
|
| _If the moon were only 1 pixel: a scale model of the solar
| system_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7551423 - April
| 2014 (17 comments)
|
| _If The Moon Was Only 1 Pixel_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7341690 - March 2014 (178
| comments)
| willemlabu wrote:
| Yeah, wow! 27 submissions altogether.
| https://hn.algolia.com/?query=joshworth.com%2Fdev%2Fpixelspa...
| FridayoLeary wrote:
| It is pretty interesting. I once clicked a link here provided
| by the man himself.
| petters wrote:
| See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System for a
| very large scale model of the solar system.
| galaktor wrote:
| This reminds me of the "Universe in a Nutshell" app which also
| attempts to visualise the various scales of the universe.
|
| https://shop-us.kurzgesagt.org/products/universe-in-a-nutshe...
| IncRnd wrote:
| It's somewhat interesting that I was the happiest with Pluto
| being shown.
| hotpxl wrote:
| The scale is pretty accurate and all, but why is there giant text
| in space?
| classified wrote:
| Relocated space trash from Earth's sattelites, neatly arranged.
| [deleted]
| levi_n wrote:
| Love the Female/Male symbols for Venus and Mars, nice touch
| Kaibeezy wrote:
| Um. Are those not the standard symbols?
| dasyatidprime wrote:
| They are indeed the standard symbols for those planets, and
| they do also coincide with the gender symbols, presumably
| because of the way the associations played out in classical
| mythology.
|
| Fun extra fact: in Western alchemy, the symbols for major
| solar system objects ("planets", even though not all of them
| are planets by the modern astronomical definition) were also
| used to represent metals. Except HN seems to delete the
| symbols when I try to post them, so you'll have to look them
| up yourself, I guess!
| thangalin wrote:
| Here's my 3D render of a solar system grand tour that uses time
| to show the enormity of distances:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM0JMaM_tdQ
| dundarious wrote:
| Thanks. I love almost any use of Michael Nyman's music, and
| feel compelled to recommend watching Peter Greenaway's film
| "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover," where a different
| arrangement and orchestra plays the same piece for a pivotal
| scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSFVdQQwhc
| ammar_x wrote:
| This website is a great example for me of useful, interesting,
| and original things that can be done on the Internet, instead of
| the abundant nonsense. Hope there was list of these websites.
| canadianfella wrote:
| Hope there was?
| _Microft wrote:
| This one is really driving home the scale of the solar system.
| Another amazing visualization of distances is the video "Powers
| of Ten" that goes to the largest and smallest distances. It was
| filmed in 1977 already but that only adds to its charme:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
| thangalin wrote:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEHCCsFFIuY
|
| Star Size Comparison 3 is jaw-dropping. The reversal at the end
| is mesmerizing.
| _Microft wrote:
| Thanks! It was not the video I had expected (there is a
| pretty popular one that is just comparing star sizes) but I
| enjoyed it very much. The reversal at the end has a bit too
| much spinning for my taste ;)
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