• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • today headline
  • Write for us
Today Headline
No Result
View All Result
  • breaking news today
    • Politics news
    • Sports
    • Science News & Society
  • Entertainment News
    • Movie
    • Gaming
  • Technology News
    • Automotive
  • Health News
    • Lifestyle
    • Insurance
  • Finance News
    • Money
  • Enterprise
  • Contact Us
  • breaking news today
    • Politics news
    • Sports
    • Science News & Society
  • Entertainment News
    • Movie
    • Gaming
  • Technology News
    • Automotive
  • Health News
    • Lifestyle
    • Insurance
  • Finance News
    • Money
  • Enterprise
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
TodayHeadline
No Result
View All Result

Astronomers Mind-Blowing Animation Shows The True Scale of Our Solar System – ScienceAlert

May 1, 2022
in Tech
Reading Time: 2 mins read
nmprofetimg 19 - TodayHeadline

Sometimes it takes an animation on Twitter to truly comprehend – or at least begin to comprehend – the amazing diversity of worlds making up our Solar System.

Enter planetary astronomer James O’Donoghue from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). He tweeted out a brief animation that starts off with the Ceres dwarf planet, and moves up through Solar System objects by size (including Earth), before closing by zooming out to take in the Sun.

 

There’s a slightly higher-quality version of the same clip over at YouTube.

Even if you know the relative size of everything in the Solar System, it’s still quite a moment when Jupiter and the Sun swing into view – and you might never have realized quite how fast Jupiter spins relative to Earth either.

We’d recommend setting aside a bit of time to watch these spinning orbs. The video clip is only 45 seconds long, but it’s mesmerizing enough that you’re going to be watching it several times over – as we write this it’s been viewed some 8 million times.

The sizes, tilts, and rotations are all to scale in this clip, though of course the positioning has been changed – all of the planets and stars you see have been pushed closer together so they’ll fit inside the same video clip.

If you want to know some of the numbers behind the animation, our own planet is 12,742 kilometers or 7,918 miles wide. Jupiter, in contrast, has a diameter of 139,820 kilometers or 86,880 miles – that’s more than 10 times larger in diameter.

The diameter of the Sun is around 1.39 million kilometers (863,706 miles), so that’s around 10 times bigger in terms of distance than Jupiter, and more than 100 times bigger than Earth. To put it another way, about a million Earths could fit into the Sun.

James O’Donoghue has previous form for this too – he’s put together plenty of other videos showing the jaw-dropping scale of the Solar System, and we’re very grateful to have them.

 

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
la fi fast food signature web lead - TodayHeadline

Inside fast food’s push against California’s AB 257, higher pay

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide free production push - TodayHeadline

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide-free production push

5wDrTPR8AGHQLqmLTAxdWC 1200 80 - TodayHeadline

Battle site of ‘Great Revolt’ recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

lil pump workout progress weight loss 1200x675 - TodayHeadline

Lil Pump Flexes Workout Progress: ‘My New Addiction’

PopularStories

la fi fast food signature web lead - TodayHeadline
Business news

Inside fast food’s push against California’s AB 257, higher pay

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide free production push - TodayHeadline
Technology News

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide-free production push

5wDrTPR8AGHQLqmLTAxdWC 1200 80 - TodayHeadline
Science News & Society

Battle site of ‘Great Revolt’ recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

lil pump workout progress weight loss 1200x675 - TodayHeadline
Entertainment News

Lil Pump Flexes Workout Progress: ‘My New Addiction’

About Us

Todayheadline the independent news and topics discovery
A home-grown and independent news and topic aggregation . displays breaking news linking to news websites all around the world.

Follow Us

Latest News

la fi fast food signature web lead - TodayHeadline

Inside fast food’s push against California’s AB 257, higher pay

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide free production push - TodayHeadline

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide-free production push

5wDrTPR8AGHQLqmLTAxdWC 1200 80 - TodayHeadline

Battle site of ‘Great Revolt’ recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

la fi fast food signature web lead - TodayHeadline

Inside fast food’s push against California’s AB 257, higher pay

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide free production push - TodayHeadline

Mushrooms emerge from the shadows in pesticide-free production push

5wDrTPR8AGHQLqmLTAxdWC 1200 80 - TodayHeadline

Battle site of ‘Great Revolt’ recorded on Rosetta Stone unearthed in Egypt

  • Real Estate
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • NFL Games On TV Today
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2023 All rights are reserved Today headline

No Result
View All Result
  • Real Estate
  • Parenting
  • Cooking
  • NFL Games On TV Today
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Home & Garden
  • Pets
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
  • About

© 2023 All rights are reserved Today headline

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.