How Big the Solar System REALLY Is

Most people don't really understand how big the solar system really is...

Imagine a giant cosmic football field, with the Sun right at the edge of the goal line...

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[BurnaBwoi]

For all non-American viewers, 1 yard = 0.91 meters.
It's almost the same. Just as a soccer field is 115 yards long and football field is 120 yards long, end-to-end.

[Ramandeep-iddd]

The fact that you mentioned Pluto is why I feel proud to follow you.

[jpfishing]

As a German, i can't use this imperial System.. i need my Soccer fields!

[joeshmoe]

For those wondering about planet size scale. Would NOT be visible on this scale. Planets would be fractions of inches. Jupiter maybe about 1/16 of an inch (1.58mm) in diameter. Mercury 25x smaller...

[Malphas_]

a yes the american football field unit of measure

me as a non american viewer

[amywest]

Fun fact: Neptune takes 135 years to go around the Sun because it’s so far away

[figo]

Rumour has it Pluto has been mobilising alien armies against Earth since its been ruled out the club…

[BrennonHinckley]

Voyager 1 didnt have enough money to buy tickets

[christiaancoetzee]

PLUTO WILL ALWAYS BE A PLANET IN MY EYES! I still love you Pluto don’t listen to them.

[Jemppu]

...waiting for US to officially switch their measuring unit to "football fields" before metric.

[cardcolumn]

The star closest to our sun is Proxima Centauri. On this scale, PC would be 125 miles from the sun. That's just two stars in one galaxy among at least 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. I don't think the mind can hold the idea of such vast sizes.

[MyysticYT]

I have never seen a football field, can you do that with a football field instead?

[MonsieurMoai]

For you non-Americans out there:
Multiply the number of yards by roughly 0.914 to get meters.

[MANYWWWWWWWWWWWWSU]

The scale is easily more believable/understandable here if you have object as well as distances... ie a pea for the sun, grain of sand for the earth, etc

[nakedshot]

WE ALL LOVE PLUTO!!😊 That's why you (Cleo) quickly became one of my top favorites!!
Btw, my regards to your video designer team! This video is cute ( little Pluto), realistic and beautiful and engaging!!

[SkyAP]

Yes! I love Pluto too. Kinda reminds me of how I am ignored by my friends.🙂

[krumplethemal]

Voyager is going to have look out for dirty scalpers..

[timduncan]

Thank you so much for including Pluto!

[SolvingSkills]

This animation could be great if the sun/planets were drawn to scale too, you could always zoom into those at that scale and then pan out quickly

[Ikjot-df]

It’s hard to imagine how big the solar system is because we’re so used to seeing it close together in pictures.