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To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM

To Scale: · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Cosmology & astrophysicsSpace exploration & spaceflightData visualization & information design

What it is

A short film in which friends build the first true-to-scale model of the solar system, with full planetary orbits, on a Nevada dry lakebed. It conveys the real distances and sizes involved.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Shared as the best visceral demonstration of solar system scale.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “a mini-documentary where people attempt to build a true-to-scale model of the Solar System”

    Mini-documentary building a true-to-scale solar system model.

    silasdb, 2025-06 · Recommendation · in “If the moon were only 1 pixel: A tediously accurate solar system model (2014)”

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Topics: scale model, solar system, astronomy, black rock desert, short film

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