The Tiny Dot That We Call Earth!

Relative Sizes of Celestial Objects in our Universe

As humans, we think of our planet as a pretty big place, but just how large are we in the grand scheme of things.  Warning: The following information may be mind-boggling!

Here is an image of our planet:

 

 

Now here it is compared to the other planets in our Solar System:

 

 

 

 Now we have all of these planets compared to our sun:

Now let's compare our sun to other stars:

Hopefully this post will help you realize just how tiny our planet is compared to other celestial objects!

Works Cited

Google.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Jan. 2013. <https://www.google.com/
     imghp?hl=en&tab=wi>. 

"How many Earths fit into the Sun?" Cornell.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Jan. 2013.
     <http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=97>.