The Solar System
5 000 million km = 4.6 light hours
Scale Model of the Solar System
Sun – 78 meters
Good Hope
Centre
5 The inner planets
Scale Model of the Solar System
5 The inner planets
Mercury – 25 cm
2900 meters
Sun – 78 meters
Scale Model of the Solar System
5 The inner planets
Venus – 62 cm
Mercury
5500 meters
Sun
Scale Model of the Solar System
5 The inner planets
Venus
Mercury
Earth – 65 cm
7600 meters
Sun
Scale Model of the Solar System
5 The inner planets
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Sun
11600 meters
Mars – 35cm
Plumstead
Scale Model of the Solar System
6 The outer planets
40 km
Somerset West
Jupiter – 7.3 m
Scale Model of the Solar System
6 The outer planets
73 km
Saturn – 6.1m
Jupiter
Kleinmond
Scale Model of the Solar System
6 The outer planets
143 km
Cape Agulhas
Uranus – 2.6m
Scale Model of the Solar System
6 The outer planets
229 km
Neptune – 2.5m