Solar Size Demonstrator - 1:10,000,000,000 SCALE

This 1:10,000,000,000 scale model of the solar system shows all eight planets bathing inside a slice of the Sun's photosphere.

Full credit for the idea goes to /u/Andromeda231 on Reddit.

I'd like to sincerely apologize to Pluto. I wanted to add you in too, but you're just too small to show up at this resolution :(

The preview render shows Mars as blue due to an error in the original model file. This has since been corrected, and Mars is printed as a red planet, fully textured like all the others on the final model.


Data for surface coloration comes from the following sources

Mercury:
PIA17230 100% Coverage MESSENGER Spacecraft Data - NASA Photojournal, produced by John Hopkins University

Venus:
Atmosphere of Venus - NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Earth:
The Blue Marble: Land Surface, Ocean Color, Sea Ice and Clouds - NASA Visible Earth

Mars:
Viking MDIM2.1 Colorized Global Mosaic 232m - USGS Astrogeology Science Center, from NASA AMES

Jupiter:
PIA19643 Spinning Jupiter and Global Map Hubble - NASA Photojournal, produced by Space Telescope Science Institute

Saturn:
A Map of Saturn from Cassini and Voyager 2 - Björn Jónsson

Uranus:
This one's really just a solid colour due to its atmosphere..

Neptune:
Filled-in Voyager 2 Data - Björn Jónsson

The Sun:
STEREO Spaceraft Data - NASA/STEREO/SDO/GSFC