Solar system scale Mounted Print
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$35.75
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Wood Mounted PrintBirch plywood with rear standoff mount
$35.75
Product features
- Wood print hangs in seconds and seems to float in front of the wall
- Birch plywood print is 1/4 inch (6mm) thick with rounded corners
- Wood grain may be visible through print
- With wooden rear spacer, print stands 3/4 inch (2cm) away from the wall
- Mount directly to the wall using included 3M tabs
- No nails, screws, or holes in the wall required
- Since every item is made just for you by your local third-party fulfiller, there may be slight variances in the product received
Solar system scale
It’s pretty hard to get to grips with the scale of the solar system. It's really, really, really big.
To help process the vast distances within our system, astronomers use Astronomical Units where 1 AU is the distance of Earth from the Sun. If you see Venus in the night sky, our closest neighbour just 0.7 AU from the sun, it looks impossibly far away. But the further out you go, the more the distances multiply.
Earth and Venus are practically on top of each other compared to Uranus and Neptune. Neptune is a full 30 times the distance between Earth and the Sun.
Now think about the fact that our little solar system is over 250,000 AUs from our nearest star, which is, in turn, just one of many tucked away in a small corner of the Milky Way, which is only one of many galaxies that make up the known universe.
It might be time to sit down.
This sketch, and plenty more in the Starry-eyed Surprises section, features in my book Big Ideas Little Pictures
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