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Scale Model: Earth as a Basketball

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Earth as a Basketball Diameter(in miles) Scaled Diameter(in inches) Distance from Sun(in miles) Distance from Sun in terms of Diameter of Earth Scaled Distance from Sun(in inches) Scaled Distance from Sun(in feet) Scaled Distance from Sun(in miles)
Sun (863,886) (1,035.18) - - - - -
Mercury 3,032 (3.63) 35,991,000 (4,540) (43,127) (3,594) (0.68)
Venus 7,522 (9.01) 67,246,000 (8,482) (80,580) (6,715) (1.27)
Earth 7,928 (9.50) 92,976,000 (11,728) (111,412) (9,284) (1.76)
Mars 4,222 (5.06) 141,665,000 (17,869) (169,755) (14,146) (2.68)
Jupiter 88,864 (106.48) 483,732,000 (61,016) (579,649) (48,304) (9.15)
Saturn 74,914 (89.77) 886,843,000 (111,862) (1,062,690) (88,558) (16.77)
Uranus 31,770 (38.07) 1,784,320,000 (225,066) (2,138,123) (178,177) (33.75)
Neptune 30,782 (36.89) 2,794,929,000 (352,539) (3,349,120) (279,093) (52.86)
Pluto 1,442 (1.73) 3,675,253,000 (463,579) (4,403,999) (367,000) (69.51)