To Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEM

On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe.
We're making a series! Check the project out at www.ToScaleSeries.com
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A film by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh
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Copyright (C) 2015

[@franktonio]

Guys, this video seriously touched me. Automatically on my KZbin´s Top 3 ever. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (from this perspective, my problems look ridiculously pathetic)

[@ToScale]

+Toño G. A. Thank you! This means a lot to us.

[@KumaPuma1]

+Toño G. A. exactly how i felt

[@BarbarosaAlexander]

+Toño G. A. I always feel the same way when I contemplate the vast amazingness of the Universe. It humbles me and centers me. I feel better, and oh so very fortunate to be here to even HAVE problems.

[@AppleEed]

+Toño G. A. Ridiculously Pathetic ! ( in context ) Man don't you know yet, that THAT~ is the ROOT to HELL. Not that you say it , most will know what you mean, BUT that you allow it to be seen, and therefore thought~ to be you, and others. Ridiculously Pathetic ! that is.

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

+AppleEed Wtf are you talking about?

[@jpmz]

"This is it, its the end of the solar system" Pluto: *cries*

[@Tire.Dude.42]

Jpmz I died laughing at this

[@hyljix]

sad

[@baguettegott3409]

The thing is, it really isn't the edge, and Pluto also isn't. It's super fascinating if you look it up, but the solar system includes so much more - the Kuiper belt, Oort cloud, things you've never heard of that would totally blow this model up and aren't even fully clear to scientists. In reality, nobody knows where the border of our solar system is yet. Estimates vary wildly. Mostly it's comets and debris and asteroids out there. Lots of ice.

[@TheKurtkapan34]

@@baguettegott3409 well, yeah. sol system, as in 8 planets and 1 star is something we made up. Thosaunds of asteroids and hundreds of comets also come and go, they orbit around the sun. there is no clear border to sol system. it just makes it easier to understand when we talk like there is.

[@Techn1kal]

haha except Pluto doesn't exist

[@philipocarroll]

On that scale, if you wanted to put a beach ball to represent the nearest star you would still have to leave the earth.

[@94nolo]

@jslaternyc incredible

[@reneernesto5748]

true

[@jojololo9157]

No prob

[@isummer9140]

But isn’t earth round so you could just make a couple laps around earth 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@OriginalL.]

@@isummer9140 not just a couple

[@mnl3gms]

My son wants to be an astronaut and we were discussing, during dinner, the scale of the Sun comparing to Earth. He used the pizza crumbs to do it 😂 after a while of him searching for other objects to represent the other planets, I said… let’s see if someone made a video about it on KZbin. And WOW, were we impressed. Congratulations for one of the most spectacular videos ever. Loved it. So well done. I just kept thinking the amount of pre and post production that it had ❤

[@Nogitsune1]

W mom

[@williamborregard6384]

It’s unfortunate that you haven’t recognized reality and that you guys are deceived . There is no solar system. That couldn’t be anymore fake . God created this earth , earth was created a topographical plane with hills and mountains . There is no space . We are the center of creation. This is why the sun and moon revolve around us . Simple as observing it day in and day out. There is no earth orbit. There is no earth curve . Pay attention to your senses and not pseudoscience. You’ve been led astray . We all were. Take the power back and prove things to yourself . Reality . Science. Science is the observation of what is naturally occurring on earth. Observe , hypothesis, test and repeat . The government knows the earth is flat . They don’t want you to know . Pilots know the earth is flat . They will tell you . I have spoken to several , all of them denouncing any account for curvature and rotation. Which if they were truly flying over a curved rotating earth , they would absolutely need to account for curve and rotation. That is the Coriolis effect. Please don’t rebut with some response that is emotional. If you want to have a conversation I’m more than happy to do so. I don’t want any disrespect or name calling. I will not participate in childlike “debates”. I’m sure the shills will be here. We need to be informed and inform our families . The time is wearing thin. I hope the best for you and yours

[@cswanson4476]

Hope he gets to be one of the few people who get to cover the world with their thumb.

[@netheex]

You are a wonderful parent. Instead of discouraging him from his dreams, you encouraged him!

[@preetaexoxo376]

A HUGE AMOUNT OF RESPECT to the entire team who voluntarily did this amazing solar system scale. As a space-time enthusiast, I could really feel the passion and efforts you guys put into this video.

[@AndresGonzalez-fv6ov]

"I don't have a job" *Laughs* *Slowly Falls Into Deppression*

[@LeofromFreo]

Andres Gonzalez something to do with Johnny Depp, I suppose.

[@joshuajacobs335]

"Hello, darkness my old friend. I've come to talk with you again..."

[@KizWhalifa.]

hahaha

[@leolin1911]

911 likes. Gl m8

[@ETSnipers]

Andres Gonzalez not having a job doesnt habe to put you in a depression. You can be totally free from stress and have all the time to think and enjoy your life on a planet the size of a marble floating around in space of nothing.

[@lucyw7168]

Still showing this to my Physics students every year, and have been since 2016 when I found it. One of the best things I've ever come across to help them understand the scale and emptiness and size of our solar system. When they get this, then we start talking about our solar system being just a small part of our galaxy, and our galaxy being one of billions or trillions of galaxies, etc. etc. you see both the lightbulb go off and the understanding set in. One of my favorite days in class each year. Cheers.

[@captaincook6666]

I've done an educational video walking scale model if ur interested.

[@emgeesea3983]

I think the light bulb goes on, not off, when realization sets in. ;)

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

@@emgeesea3983 well Im sure for some the lightbulb goes off haha

[@adamwilbanks2681]

So you think we live on a SPINNING BALL WITH WATER STUCK TO IT???!! Where has that ever happened before?!?! You’ve been indoctrinated since kindergarten and now you are doing it to our kids!

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

@@adamwilbanks2681 literally everywhere you clown. Any life sustaining planet. For you to even say what you said is pathetic and if you honestly believe it then you need to reevaluate your life because you have something wrong with you. I really hope you're joking.

[@maartenhappel9014]

In the Netherlands we have a few of these. We call them Melkwegpad of planetenpad. Some of these walks are 5km long and show the planets in their relative size. Awesome to do with kids!

[@donactdum6635]

“Everything that you’ve ever known, all behind your thumb” That concept blew my mind

[@jtorres5381]

"Why are you here?" "I don't have a job." - greatest answer ever!🤣😂🤣

[@freshencounter]

Juan Torres and my trust fund keeps me off the streets

[@jakeharlinski2934]

Man, Ford has really stepped up their commercials.

[@rootsofafrika]

Jake Harlinski 😂😂

[@darylesese]

I was thinking the same exact thing!

[@wiggalama]

Neil deGrasse Tyson agrees :)

[@jennalogan5552]

Lmao

[@isummer9140]

Jake Harlinski ducking A1 comment

[@mossyproductions7451]

The thing that staggers me the most is that since the replica sun and the real sun are the same size from the replica of Earth's orbit, that means that the view of the sun from the perspective of the other replica planet's orbits are accurate as well. For example if you guys made the same replica solar system but on Mars, the real sun over the Martain surface would match the replica sun from replica Mars' orbit.

[@0Enidan0]

I was thinking the same. I wish they would have shown that more in the video. Neptune must be so dark. It would see the sun as a tiny dot no bigger than what we see as stars.

[@cheliwilliams1258]

Thank you

[@melodymathilde443]

This is amazing. From all of the astrophysics things I’ve watched, this has blown my mind the most. I can’t believe how small they are and yet somehow how large.

[@EpicGuider0]

This isn't on trending? This is literally one of the most thought out, planned video's which took time and dedication to actually recreate and upload rather than just some shitty editing. Kudos to you all!

[@Twas-RightHere]

It was top on the trending list for quite a while when it came out two years ago...

[@gregmcneely9946]

A Rocket yes but EpicGuider saw it recently and his timeline is ALL that matters. Obviously you learned nothing from the video

[@tannerboy1991]

EpicGuider0 completely agree, a video which takes planning and intelligence as well as great editing. youtube trending is very poorly done

[@uncomfortableshirt3870]

That's because this video was stolen and re uploaded by this channel.

[@michaelcurtis9998]

EpicGuider0 3

[@aaroncoelho-irani4460]

Guy; "and we've reached the edge of the solar system" Pluto: Am I a joke to you?

[@elopeous3285]

He may be. But he's My lovely beautiful joke

[@DieFlabbergast]

Yes, you are: now pull yourself together and find a purpose to your life!

[@SykeMed]

Pluto is smaller than the moon and many other moons in the solar system. Hardly a planet. Just a slightly bigger round thing out there among millions of other big round things.

[@androsGali]

But it’s still part of our solar system.

[@Oskar_464]

@@androsGali so is sedna, eris and ceres and noone gives a damn about them

[@shedskin01]

One of the most memorable days in my education was day 1 of my Geology 101 class at a community college in Texas. The professor attempted to create a similar scaled model of the Solar System with the class. She brought marbles, tennis balls, a basket ball, etc. to represent the planets (we didn’t have a model for the Sun but she told us how big it would be.) We went out a few blocks and I think we only made it to Mars before she told us how much farther we’d need to go if we want to make it to Pluto (which was still a planet back then!) It was the fascination of how small we are and how much there is to know in the Universe that made that day so memorable. That day I also reaffirmed my decision to major in Geophysics, which has become a big part of my career and of my life in general. I wish I remember that professor’s name, but always think of her, of how with a thoughtfully crafted lesson she became so influential in my life! I will be forever grateful to her and to all science teacher who often go unappreciated but who with their passion inspire our curiosity, imagination, and dreams! Thanks to you all! 🙏

[@steveaustin2686]

Something easier to do without needing a 7 mile stretch of flat desert is "The Thousand-Yard Model or, The Earth as a Peppercorn" by Guy Ottewell (copyright 1989). There are pdfs of his planet walk at various university websites and a few webpage versions. The scale of the planets is smaller, so that it all fits (including Pluto) in about 1,000 yards (914.4 meters). So with the Earth being a peppercorn, the Sun is roughly the size of a playground ball (8in or 20.3cm). When I did it for my daughter's 3rd grade class (8 years old), we walked the circumference of the playground, since we could not leave school grounds. It still conveyed the distance and is sobering to look at. FYI, Pluto is still a dwarf planet, just no longer a major planet. Pluto is joined by Eris, Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, Sedna, Ceres, and Orcus. Ceres is in the asteroid belt and all of the rest are beyond Neptune.

[@SaadAlisArt]

This video never gets old. Always teaches us how big our Solar system is. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ Hats off to the people involved in creation of this masterpiece ❤

[@mgpvii]

Yes our solar system is tremendous compared to us on earth yet our solar system is microscopic when compared to the universe. It hurts my brain to even attempt to comprehend it. I got annoyed that I had a leak on my roof and I just thought...really, that's what you are annoyed at? When something doesn't go right I just think about how small we are.

[@SwallowsCourt]

I had no idea of the relative scale of the sun and planets - this video should be compulsory for all schools! These guys need to be thanked by everyone for making it clear that no drawing we've ever seen shows our solar system properly to scale. I'm humbled by their work and by the realisation of how small we really are in our own solar system let alone the universe! Thank you.

[@malkisehgal2481]

Definitely

[@dippledopple]

I watched this in my school. It's truly fascinating, how big the Earth alone is, and the Sun in comparison. And then you realise that is but a microscopic fragment of the Universe. Something we can't even come close to comprehending.

[@malkisehgal2481]

@@dippledopple Rightly Put

[@kaidaudsyah1715]

I almost cried watching this knowing that we are nothing compared to what else is out there,

[@mirawenya]

I’m kinda weirded out this isn’t common knowledge. Perhaps people don’t realize exactly how vast the distances and sizes of everything is, but at least they ought to know it’s nothing near the illustrations, right? It’s like the world map thing, where the world map isn’t to scale. I hope that is common knowledge at least.

[@MAnuscript421]

"Everything you've ever known... All behind your thumb." -Jim Lovell Really puts things in perspective.

[@kallekontio2322]

Not only everything youve ever know... Also everything that has ever been know to anyone in the entire history of humankind... All behind your thumb

[@mr.evasion]

And what about the Sun and Stars? And the Galaxys and Galaxys and Galaxys ad infinitum? They don't count then?

[@SuperSMT]

And they've not even left Earth's backyard way out at the moon!

[@jasonclark6194]

@@mr.evasion my thoughts exactly. The earth is supposed to be 4 times bigger than the moon but its about the same size looking back from the moon? The Apollo 11 crew in the interview that looked like they were on stand in court than achieving the greatest human achievement said they couldn't see stars but now all the astronauts now talk about stars planets and galaxies....

[@Freebyrd1991]

@@jasonclark6194 full of shit freemasons

[@usaniinaizesheni]

It is absolutely mind-boggling. The sheer scale of the emptiness around our vulnerable planet is humbling.

[@Adks007]

I am truly impressed and blown away by the immense effort they have invested in crafting this 7-minute video. Such an underrated channel.

[@nolanbeal8433]

"I have the world in my pocket somewhere"

[@EndoftheRd]

This is the best comment.!! 👍

[@saniasinghania1183]

I was looking for this comment. :’)

[@porc1429]

God when creating the world

[@pboomgaming1987]

Nolan Beal it sounds so accidentally inspirational

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

@@porc1429 fuck you

[@WhiteminigunGaming]

6:10 "Everything that you have ever known,... all behind your thumb." The way he delivers that line gives me chills. That hardcore perspective on just how small we are.

[@kahlzun]

www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pale-blue-dot.html "Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

[@mintberrycrunch4446]

We aren't THAT small. Simply invert the process and compare our world to that of an atom and then imagine that atom and then keep going. We're actually very huge from that perspective. So yeah.. There's a daily dose of balance for ya.

[@matthew211237]

Craig Corson Appreciate that correction!

[@craigcorson3036]

@@RaveMasterSRB Oh please. We ARE microbes compared to the universe. If you don't know that, you have no perspective.

[@ronaldgibson4052]

The earth is twice the diameter of the moon (about four times the size that we see the moon). If I hold my thumb up at arms distance I cannot block out the moon. From the perspective from the moon the earth should be the size of your fist at arms length. Basic science, just saying.

[@user-iq1lh3mo2z]

Most impressive method of conveying the scale. Loved it and it looked like a great adventure to make. I think that it’s time to build on to what you’ve already given us with current technology. More angles on the original project. Maybe superimposing massive stars and zooming out to include Pluto, the Oort Cloud & even Proxima Centauri. Anything is possible now. Big thanks so far!

[@MasterHobytla]

Would love this! Might be hard to film tho - I just did the calc and proxima centauri would be almost 7000 miles away 🤯

[@chefboyarbae215]

This continues to be one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

[@Deeplycloseted435]

One of the greatest quotes in the history of man: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand. It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. -- Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

[@ComissarYarrick]

Why i can like this only once ....

[@martinpickard6043]

Carl Sagan. Humanist. RIP

[@jeremycabillo2031]

Kevin Harris You know what, here in the Philippines, we have a song entitled "Tuldok" which means "dot" in english. It came to me while reading this quotation and watching the video above. The song tells us that we are just dots on earth (in the universe, perhaps) and so we must never be too proud of ourselves. How I pray that every human realizes that simple truth. One love from the Philippines.

[@bragee]

Look at this, I find it extraordinary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKTXeoSlnbp3qpY

[@gooddog6745]

it's beautiful... and sad

[@cya2163]

I'm a senior, and very little impresses me anymore. This impressed the hell out of me. You have given me a piece of knowledge I never had before...and even though I am 7 years late to the party...I just wanted to thank you so very, very much...that was a lovely gift you have given me!

[@alexd9735]

if this is filmed somewhere in USA, the closest star Proxima Centauri , on this scale would be somewhere in Central Europe.

[@hassassinator8858]

​@@alexd9735 Are you sure? I'm getting 43,000 km (almost 4 times the diameter of the Earth).

[@alexd9735]

@@hassassinator8858 I am not sure. Please do not use my calculation if you plan to embark on trip to Proxima. :)

[@hassassinator8858]

@@alexd9735...That's the nicest reaction I've ever gotten from someone I argued against. Hats off to you, Alex!

[@alexd9735]

@@hassassinator8858 well when you lose the argument, it means you learned something new, so least I could is being nice :)

[@IndranilDas2501]

When you think about this universe, life, us, our existence and watch this video - it will literally give you goosebumps.

[@samyoungai]

This is fantastic guys! I enjoyed watching this a couple of times. I am in awe about our universe and it’s size and you all brought this into perspective here on earth for us. Thank you.

[@RodneySanches]

This would be a great permanent installation, with little train tracks for the planets. It would feature in all of the documentaries!

[@TheAlps36]

Now that's a Kickstarter I'd get behind

[@chimpsidious3545]

If you're talking about burning man then sure, elites do whatever they want with the event know so who cares it's still a waste of money.

[@cathleenwitt2790]

I have done distance scale models of the solar system with my elementary students, but we could NEVER do planet size AND distance as you have! Thanks for a terrific video! Always mind-blowing to go beyond our little blue marble!

[@steveaustin2686]

Something easier to do without needing a 7 mile stretch of flat desert is "The Thousand-Yard Model or, The Earth as a Peppercorn" by Guy Ottewell (copyright 1989). There are pdfs of his planet walk at various university websites and a few webpage versions. The scale of the planets is smaller, so that it all fits (including Pluto) in about 1,000 yards (914.4 meters). So with the Earth being a peppercorn, the Sun is roughly the size of a playground ball (8in or 20.3cm). When I did it for my daughter's 3rd grade class (8 years old), we walked the circumference of the playground, since we could not leave school grounds. It still conveyed the distance and is sobering to look at.

[@bjornfeuerbacher5514]

@@steveaustin2686 Even easier, but only Sun and Earth: Use a small orange (diameter of about 7 cm) for the sun and a salt grain (diameter a bit over half a mm) at a distance of about 7.5 m for the Earth.

[@steveaustin2686]

@bjornfeuerbacher5514 That's good for small spaces, but leaves out Mercury, Mars, and Pluto as they would be too small to see.

[@bjornfeuerbacher5514]

@@steveaustin2686 Well, I wrote right from the start that it's only Sun and Earth. ;)

[@steveaustin2686]

@@bjornfeuerbacher5514 Then you miss all the other planets

[@MartinVozka]

I thought about what to write about this great video, but I couldn't think of anything clever. All I could think of was wow...

[@Feralsaurus]

Just a fun fact, I calculated that at this scale (in the video), the entire length of the Milky Way Galaxy would be 1.18x10^9km, which is exactly 7.88 Astronomical Units. Which means that in the video, if that was the ACTUAL solar system, in that desert of planet Earth: the Milky Way Galaxy would have a bigger diameter than the distance from the sun to Jupiter (around 5 AU's). But closer than Saturn (around 10 AU's).

[@alexsiemers7898]

And the observable universe at this scale would be ~1.52x10^14 km, or about 16 light years in size!

[@mikeesaucee-5298]

Post malone

[@bingo4519]

Wow.

[@flatearthgenius5732]

THAT'S HOW THEY HOOKED YOU...MESMERIZED YOU WITH NUMBERS SO BIG YOU CANT FATHOM. DONT BE DUPED...THE SUN AND MOON ARE VERY CLOSE AND THOSE STARS ARE JUST AS CLOSE. THE EARTH IS FLAT AND WE ARE UNDER A DOME. RESEARCH OPERATION FISHBOWL. WE ARE GODS CROWNING GLORY...WE ARE HIS FOOTSTOOL. NASA IS A FRAUD.

[@jjob6279]

@flat earth genius this is my favorite youtube comment ever

[@NxDoyle]

This is the rarest kind of KZbin video. The kind where you come away thinking that you've just been given a gift.

[@beeman2075]

Agree. I felt the same way after watching this.

[@shyshy2270]

This really made me feel how small we are. and how vast the universe is. Thank you!

[@Steve983]

Love this, so some local Eagle Scouts did a project similar to this a few years ago on a paved bike path around here. There’s pedestals with models of the planets similar in size as your models at the same distances away on the path. It really makes you realize how far away the outer planets really are. The fact you drew out complete orbits is amazing.

[@disappearintothesea]

Everyone once in a while I come back to this video just to remind myself of the sheer volume of it all. I shall, someday, to return again.

[@DiecastTz]

Same

[@Borritoification]

Ok dude.

[@killerkooodaaa]

every once in awhile I come back here to see how many people have been fed this b******* and believe it

[@Borritoification]

@@killerkooodaaa Based!

[@4N9vxO3WnK]

returned

[@Jassbusters]

Google 'If the moon were only 1 pixel'. It honestly blows my mind about how gigantic our solar system is... I can't even comprehend how small we are in this universe.

[@koanmedia4081]

+TalentlessHumour joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

[@MrAudienceMember2662015]

+Koan Media OMG! I've been to see the black and I've lost my mind.

[@kuribayashi84]

+TalentlessHumour My Index finger hurts and my scroll wheel is broken.

[@MrAudienceMember2662015]

Schwatvogel arrow keys.

[@RolandoGarza]

+Schwatvogel hit the 'light speed' button (horizontal lines with the letter 'c' and you'll be travelling at the speed of light).

[@anubhavkabra17]

Among the hundreds of KZbin videos I've seen, this one is definitely in the top 3! Well done Wylie and Alex. Thank you.

[@jonathanbeattie3410]

Just sat with my 6 year old watching this after he was struggling to understand the scale of the solar system. One little Mind blown, awesome vid guys

[@steveaustin2686]

You can try it yourself on a smaller scale, if you try "The Thousand-Yard Model or, The Earth as a Peppercorn" by Guy Ottewell (copyright 1989). There are pdfs of his planet walk at various university websites and a few webpage versions. The scale of the planets is smaller, so that it all fits (including Pluto) in about 1,000 yards (914.4 meters). So with the Earth being a peppercorn, the Sun is roughly the size of a playground ball (8in or 20.3cm). When I did it for my daughter's 3rd grade class (8 years old), we walked the circumference of the playground, since we could not leave school grounds. It still conveyed the distance and is sobering to walk through.

[@jonathanbeattie3410]

@@steveaustin2686 love it

[@AzureDefiance3701]

Its incredible how far the suns gravitation pull goes.

[@manusharma3601]

You were sleeping during high school physics, right?😂😂

[@JerryInGeorgia]

It's a legitimate observation. But, they say that gravity is a weak force when compared to others. That always struck me as odd.

[@manusharma3601]

@@JerryInGeorgia gravity is "comparatively" a weak force. But it extends to infinity nevertheless, the gravitational pull just becomes weaker and weaker and the orbit changes accordingly. At infinite distance, orbit is just a straight line.

[@gothamjetskier776]

They say as far out as the oort cloud. Hard to comprehend.

[@manusharma3601]

@@ameya5054 well yeah, I was not absolutely correct to call it an orbit, since the orbits can only be elliptical or circular in shape. But please read on, I have given the reasons of me saying so in paragraphs below. I called it straight line to stress the point that just before the trajectory of the body becomes straight line (no gravitational force experienced by the bodies), trajectory is not straight and hence the force can be experienced. Although just before it becomes a straight line, the trajectory is most probably hyperbolic, that means that although effects of gravity is experienced, but the body is not in orbit. A good way to visualise this is that the radius of curvature of the trajectory (of smaller body) keeps on increasing as the distance between the body increases and as the distance tends to infinity, the radius tends to infinity as well. And an infinite radius of curvature is a straight line. Straight line just means that, no effect of gravity whatsoever. At infinite distance gravitational force becomes zero.

[@lewking4357]

I'll never get over the immensity of the Universe.

[@Aristocratic13]

Me neither

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

Lew King Nobody ever will. No matter how far technology progresses, there are still limits to how far we can see and travel. Barring the possibility of extraterrestrial tutoring, we'll never know what it's really all about.

[@James-vb7jn]

I’ve watched this for a few years and every time it never ceases to amaze me

[@FarmerBenny]

This is absolutely incredible. Thank you for making this and sharing it with us.

[@AdrianSommeling_photography]

What impresses me most is the gravity of the sun. It's still catching Neptune on such an incredible distance.

[@jakubw.2779]

Look at voyager 1. It just left gravitational pull area of the sun. And it's far away from the kuiper's belt, which is furthest matter group in solar system.

[@bsgfan1]

It really makes you understand the *gravity* of the situation.

[@TehhLeviathan]

Adrian Sommeling that’s not exactly true

[@hillerm]

From what I understand, its more a re-directing of its trajectory than it is a catching.

[@paulg9019]

thats just what i was thinking

[@riftmusic5232]

Next: To Scale: THE ENTIRE VISIBLE UNIVERSE Like so they see

[@riftmusic5232]

i was actually joking idk if ppl realized that

[@camellord0324]

Rift Music that'd be impossible

[@GamerRusith]

The nearest extra-solar star is around 47000km away using the same scale as in the video.

[@Saturnares]

make galaxies the size of a marble

[@Saturnares]

but of course, all of the land would be covered in marbles

[@willowwoolgather6478]

This is such a humbling video. Beautiful. Watching this, I can barely wrap my mind around the scale of our own solar system. To think that our entire galaxy is a speck in the grand scheme of the universe is beautiful, scary, inspiring… I don’t have the words to describe it. Thank you for creating this.

[@josephbelisle5792]

Around 30 years ago there was a show on either TLC or Discovery (back when they did educational shows) that did just this. I loved it. Just as I love this video. They also did their best to impart to the viewer not just the size and proportion of our solar system but the awesome beauty and how mind blowing this information is. I love honest to goodness science videos that are for the sake of science, education and expanding minds. You guys did a wonderful job. Keep it up if you can. This is a treasure.

[@SupahBro535]

"I have the world in my pocket"

[@dungww2006]

10 years later: OH MY GOD GUYS ALIENS DREW THESE CIRCLES BUT WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

[@bazil7573]

「Lih / Liam.」 THEY MATCH UP EXACTLY WITH THE PLANETS’ ORBITS GUYS THERE ARE ALIENS ON MARS

[@ders972]

In 10 years those circles will be gone

[@dungww2006]

Ders972 NEEERRRDDD

[@ders972]

@@dungww2006 you are making up conversations about aliens and you are calling me the nerd? I bet you have space pajamas and Super Mario bed sheets dumbass

[@wojciechdraminski3035]

@@ders972 Have you ever heard about something called joke?

[@94ishaq]

I've come back to watch it again and still get goosebumps.

[@jaikumarjadhav6575]

By far the most impressive model of the Solar System + the timelapse of lights is an amazing touch.

[@akoul5349]

Welcome to another episode of random KZbin algorithms. But this one is the best of them all.

[@michaelcantuba5971]

Man 1:Why did you come? Man 2:"I DONT HAVE A JOB" Legendary!🔥

[@theonethatnevergoesaway9440]

Michael Cantuba finally someone said it! 😂😂😂😂

[@soulomanroadtripgo9035]

Wow! Simply wow to the thought process and the way you guys have presented it in front of us. I feel sorry that it took me 7 years to come across this video. Right from that first statement to the last scene everything fits so well. I hope to wander in space one day!

[@spud13x13]

I don't know how I've never seen this video before, but thankfully that changed moments ago. I've had a lifelong interest in astronomy, and I've understood the sizes and distances involved for more than half a century...but this somehow made an emotional impact I was NOT expecting. Brought me to tears, in fact. Thank you!

[@pinochet3317]

"To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." -Carl Sagan

[@astro3487]

Sir you're absolutely true!

[@chrismoderate3495]

Yup. But Pinochet I must say, your record on human rights is nothing pro humanity.

[@Critzenkills]

Couldnt help reading that out loud in my mind in his voice.

[@bwaldron8449]

Loved Carl Sagan and his perspectives... Need more like him

[@SilverSpoon_]

@@chrismoderate3495 they were communists, Chris.

[@gordondavis6168]

With the planets being so far from the sun, this really shows how strong and pervasive is gravity: it keeps the solar system together across such distances.

[@BikeArea]

It's even more amazing as gravity is the weakest of the basic forces.

[@gordondavis6168]

@@BikeArea it is the weakest force, but it operates across great distances - across the width of galaxies

[@MatthewFearnley]

Yes, and yet at the same time it is so weak. I think there was a Royal Institution Christmas Lecture that opened with the lecturer being let down on a rope into the auditorium. His point was to show how a thin rope - maybe an inch thick, could counterbalance the entire gravitational pull from the mass of the earth (around 6 trillion trillion kilograms) on his body.

[@Shekhar_Jyoti]

Yet it's the weakest of the 4 fundamental forces.

[@frankboehm591]

I think gravity is less a force, more a distortion of space.

[@davewatchedthat]

I drive a transport truck. I have some remarkable conversations with complete strangers. This video has come up in a shockingly large number of them. Brilliant work, folks. Thank you. You’re inspiring a generation, and educating several others. People’s preconceived notions of what they need to worry about simply fade away into quiet awe when they see this. It can bring peace to some folks, simply because of the perspective. This video should have been viewed at TIFF, among other places. And it should be (and probably is, in some) viewed in every science classroom in the world.

[@ToScale]

Thanks Dave, that means a lot.

[@kakkarotx7467]

2:36 - I have the world in my pocket somewhere... AMAZING! SURREAL! ART! MASTERPIECE!! Videos likes these don't make me regret about the internet!

[@maritaurin3044]

I still watch this like every week

[@noahpalm7164]

same

[@lowquality4082]

Marit Aurin OMG same

[@Harker777]

What does it say we didn't already know? There are many more fascinating things to ponder over within our universe/s

[@KEYLIME.]

Marit Aurin ARMY (do you still watch it every week or is it the Not Today music video now lol)

[@maritaurin3044]

+The Little Hotaru Josie i've got to say Not Today took its place XD

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

What's mind blowing is that even if humanity were to somehow travel at the speed of light, we wouldn't get very far at all in this galaxy. It takes 45 minutes for light from the Sun to reach Jupiter, and five hours for it to reach Pluto. The speed of light may be fast to us, but it's pretty much slower than walking speed to the universe.

[@martinzika7370]

for light, it takes literally no time lol

[@hi-ys7df]

The nearest star takes 4 and a half YEARS for light to get to.

[@olestokke]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache And it would take 100 000 years to get across our solar system

[@lilfr4nkie]

Martin Zika correct

[@hi-ys7df]

@@olestokke no it's 1.6 years for our solar system. It's 100,000 years for our galaxy.

[@morenofranco9235]

Absolutely brillant. Thanks, guys, for all your work.

[@Scribblesvdotio]

I love the music in this so much, it really adds to the space/void-y theme of the video

[@maestroh2986]

It went from a cool experiment to an introspective soul-touching experience. Well done.

[@johnward5983]

In Melbourne, Australia they have a scale model of the solar system.....5+km long to walk it....you can buy a coffee on your journey from Jupiter to the rest of the outer planets. :-)

[@pursuitsoflife.6119]

Thanks for the info! Will check it out :)

[@sourabhjadhav7929]

God bless Australians

[@kateli1880]

Is it free public to walk?

[@shitavl]

There’s one in outback S.A on the side of the highway that goes for 100’s if KM too

[@THEROADSMITH]

Kate Li yep it’s along the beach in port Melbourne

[@5kdamian]

Wonderful video. Thank you for the perspective and for taking the time to create such a comprehensive and elegant view.

[@michaellerner528]

I am grateful for your efforts. You have created a clear and creative visualization of Time, the Universe, and the Solar System. It is a great gift. I share it with everyone in the hopes that they too, will be as awed as I am by the implications of such beauty as surrounds us. Thank you!

[@Atomas69]

_"Venus is the same size as earth"_ Astronomical OCDs: *TRIGGERED*

[@doom-driveneap4569]

Atomas X bruh I literally said to myself “no way they’re exactly the same smh” 😂😂

[@hatskeleton635]

@@doom-driveneap4569 Cosmologically they are the same size. The difference is marginal.

[@Bellezzasolo]

@@hatskeleton635 Cosmology: the engineering of space

[@troliskimosko]

Saul Goode hairbrainedead? The fuck?

[@anshi5098]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@recycleyourcats]

At this scale, the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) would be 29,266 miles away. Put another way, if the distance between the Sun and the Earth were represented as a single inch, that distance would still be 4.21 miles. The scale of the universe is unimaginable.

[@Tremaine26]

Justin Wodicka WOW 😱

[@Primo_extracts]

Incredible project well worth the time spent thank you so much for sharing

[@reubennichols644]

This ultra - short video is V E R Y informative // & // concise // simple . It gets straight to the point . Nice .

[@wooex]

Not including Pluto it's like when your parents tell you to not invite your best friend over anymore for Christmas because he's not family...they are right but it's just mean...

[@mohammedakheelali239]

wooex best explanation for poor Pluto

[@shawnyfin]

I think they couldve put an "honorary light" up on one of the far hills to represent Pluto.. that would have been classy 😀💛🌎

[@roarul]

wooex 😆❤

[@zpitfiyer]

Will there be a remake to fix the issue of pluto? And don't forget there is Planet X.

[@renderizer01]

JOLI TORAX Not really. I mean, c'mon. I've grown up with the notion, nah, the firmly planted knowledge, that Pluto is part of our solar system. Now I feel bereft. They kicked out Pluto for being what? Too diminutive? If our solar system was a company and Pluto an employee, anti discrimination laws would be kicking in here. Fired for being a midget? See ya in court... ;O)

[@eze7579]

And then there is Pluto, a dwarf planet so far out, that it hasn't even made half of it’s rotation around the Sun since we found it.

[@spaceshipearth999]

That's nuts

[@immersegrafx]

it’s not a planet

[@spoopyboi1005]

@@immersegrafx its a dwarf PLANET

[@TheRomanBond007]

*revolution around the Sun. Rotation is turning based on its axis.

[@stablernose7203]

Lordmemeacus ... which isn’t a PLANET ... dumbass ...

[@gabriellaarango9100]

Watching this …. ❣️❣️ filled me with deep emotion, and tears rolled down my eyes…. To get a glimpse of the scale .. So beautiful. Thank you 🙏

[@realchaaan]

This is amazing. Please, please make more content. We want more of these.

[@abdihassan7208]

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. ------ Carl Sagan

[@lukatc]

my favorite quote

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Carl Sagan, helped me to understand everything I know about space and time.

[@zedmelon]

@AbdiMarmalade I also thought of this quote when he said that. Such a powerful concept. He was awesome.

[@peterp7823]

Epic. The very definition of why we should master space. We fight so much over territories here on earth, when we were given more than enough for trillions of humans. You just have to find and develop new worlds, and expand. We should not be a species dependent on what is given, we are a species born to expand and discover.

[@Jordan-ke1hg]

I kinda hate that quote, I mean like, we get it, we live on Earth and thankfully people are most inclined to think about what concerns them which is all matters on Earth. Yes Earth is tiny compared to the universe but who cares like stfu

[@kajeralocse]

Guys I am a Science teacher and this video seriously touched my heart. I love Science and the way you presented the info in this video is beyond words. I am going to show this to my students during our Astronomy class. Thank you guys. You earned my sub.

[@leogetz248]

Viewed from above, how does the solar system rotate? See at 3:24.

[@carsoncornell697]

wow...my goodness...just wow Beautiful Thank you so much for putting forth all this time and effort.

[@macronencer]

Somehow missed this when it came out. Congratulations - a thoroughly excellent science communication video. Thank you!

[@_ata_3]

This is so awesome. It blew my mind to think how much energy the sun emits to heat all the way to here. This literally warms the earth and you can feel that heat in your body on a sunny day.

[@Invictusestas]

This has been on my mind for a while as well. Basically since I first saw the real scale distances and planet sizes on some webpage I dont recollect name od anymore. The amount of energy coming from the sun must be unimaginably enormous. And the fact, we are just at the right spot not to freeze or burn is mindboggling.

[@yvubgv]

Astronomy always overwhelms me when I try to make sense of it. Your comment is spot on.

[@stig1872]

@@Invictusestas I've come to terms with this by realizing because that perfect environment created out of trillion random events in universe, a self aware species like us exist. We simply wouldn't have contemplated these thoughts if such a perfect bubble didn't exist in first place. Now either we are the universally rare and the only ones or just one of many out there - what's more profound scenario, that maybe a good food for thought.

[@ozo_man9508]

@@stig1872 this comment 👌

[@maxpayne69.]

@@stig1872 At the end of the day - are we really alone ? Or is there other intelligent life out there?…. Both of these prospects are equally unnerving 😨

[@shanegilson7107]

powerful POWERFUL comment: "everything I've ever known, was behind my thumb"

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

shane gilson sure but can you explain 6:25?

[@1boobtube]

That's an easy one. Google angular diameter. It's a simple equation and you can prove it to yourself with objects on the earth. Since your thumb doesn't change width and your outstretched arm puts it at a fixed distance from your eye you can estimate the size of an object at a known distance or the distance of an object of a known size. Since diameter/2*distance in the equation is a ratio, you can't solve for both.

[@shanegilson7107]

Haha i cant explain it, I just thought it was a powerful comment. good job though @st1300 r

[@shanegilson7107]

^

[@Scream-vq8ht]

shane gilson i thought it meant like your phone. like you've never paid attention to things like this.

[@gee6607]

If no one else has said it, thank you for taking the time and effort. This is outstanding!!!!

[@felipeumanaojeda3128]

This is one of the things I've always wanted to see. Thanks a lot

[@steveaustin2686]

You can try it yourself on a smaller scale, if you try "The Thousand-Yard Model or, The Earth as a Peppercorn" by Guy Ottewell (copyright 1989). There are pdfs of his planet walk at various university websites and a few webpage versions. The scale of the planets is smaller, so that it all fits (including Pluto) in about 1,000 yards (914.4 meters). So with the Earth being a peppercorn, the Sun is roughly the size of a playground ball (8in or 20.3cm). When I did it for my daughter's 3rd grade class (8 years old), we walked the circumference of the playground, since we could not leave school grounds. It still conveyed the distance and is sobering to walk through.

[@z-manbricks5910]

RIP: Pluto

[@filfil4699]

Pluto is one among many:)

[@thattwodimensionalant4626]

Z-Man Bricks Pluto is beyond far from Neptune, they would need another kilometer or two to add it.

[@varunkhanna6088]

Wtf! So new horizons mission by NASA is a hoax??? 🤔

[@JanetStarChild]

Z-Man Bricks; Pluto isn't dead, you dumb-ass. It's still out there. Nothing has changed except for the category that Pluto now falls into (dwarf planet, or planetoid).

[@lucas182512]

Dwarf lives matter

[@internet2055]

Yo nice video 8/10 ...BUT... friends we were all waiting to see a shot from the sky to see how your scale looked

[@Not_what_it_used_to_be]

it probably would have been hard to keep the drone stable while they drove around the orbits, and without that orbit visualization you likely would not have been able to see the tiny planets.

[@bluecapone]

They need a helicopter and a good camera and a LOT of donations to get the shot you want. I want to see it too!

[@caught.in.minds_]

For filming that, the man has to be located at an altitude of 7-10kms with a wide angle full frame camera from where it might get impossible to see planets and sun and may be the orbits. As the orbits are made from the carving wheels of car.

[@manualLaborer]

They spent their helicopter budget on condoms. Ok that was mean and unnecessary.

[@Artemis_simetrA]

Peiyu Lin yeah, technically the drone would require to be at least above 5000 meters above the ground to capture it vertically. We wouldn't be able to see anything from such a height. No wonder why they didnt do it!

[@alexanderbean7737]

I remember first being enthralled by the size of the universe watching Star Trek TNG as a kid. Theyre are traveling at insane, fantastical made-up speeds many times faster than the speed of light, and yet can only explore a tiny fraction of the galaxy.

[@IPlumpton]

We've had a travelling exhibition in the UK that did this, it was mind blowing to walk miles to see the solar system. Absolutely fascinating.

[@hoangduong6683]

The guy who found out Neptune just by pen and paper is so admirable.

[@MrMischelito]

Absolutely. It's unthinkable.

[@jehugz]

Mathematics is like a language of the Universe, it explains and can discover things. Science is truly amazing.

[@shitsureishimasu.13611]

It comes from an old book veda, a sanskrit book. Ancient astronomer knows every planet.

[@haggispixie]

@@shitsureishimasu.13611 No it absolutely does not. You insult the Vedic tradition by claiming that lie. Uranus and Neptune were added only recently.

[@colonelcorn9500]

@@shitsureishimasu.13611 People saw them but thought they were stars

[@felreizmeshinca7459]

Knowing the universe has always created a sense of longing for me.

[@waterhorse928]

I've spent a lot of time staring at the stars... (In Super Mario Galaxy)

[@leemaples1806]

the longing for adventure and discovery is part of the human condition.we just have more questions than answers i guess.

[@miyuki6467]

this is beautifully put

[@thaliapanacea964]

I feel the same way. I wasted my life working to survive when I should have been an astrophysicist. I've read on the topic every day since I was about 3 or 4. I'm 45 and I've just started reading about quantum physics. I thought it wouldn't interest me. At some point it occurred to me that the scale of things that exist goes on from our size into the large-scale, and also into the small scale. What I understood at 3 or 4 by reading "Horton Hears a Who" I've rediscovered as an adult. Every large body in space is made of atoms, which like the planets and galaxies, are made up of mostly empty space. And The Force is reality. Don't waste your life working to make someone else rich. Do what you love. "Follow your bliss." ~Dr. Joseph Campbell

[@mkien2005]

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this video, each time it gives me the awes!

[@easternyellowjacket276]

Appreciate the amount of work put into this. I will say, I wish you had a drone picture at night high up in the sky looking down at the illuminated solar system you created to get an overview of its scale.

[@onlythinkdifferent]

They didn't include Pluto... *Breathing intensifies*

[@itakpowiem]

If You miss Pluto why You don't miss Ceres then? Or bunch of others dwarf planets in Kupier's belt?

[@onlythinkdifferent]

@@wyliewright202 r/whooosh I know Pluto isn't a planet anymore. I just happen to like pluto, like many others as well. It was a joke, dammit. This video was awesome and this was not meant to be criticism.

[@Sereomontis]

Pluto doesn't have to be a planet, it's still part of the solar system. But to be fair, they can't reasonably include every body in our system, because there are so many it would take months to set up. And if they tried the make the *entire* system to scale, all the way out to the Oort cloud... You'd need pretty much a small country's worth of space.

[@mitchelllimque2027]

R.I.P Pluto

[@itakpowiem]

@@kingjojojo1 And we can only wonder what miracles are on moons of Saturn and Jupiter only... It doesnt matter on witch kind of celestial body are remarkable things. Pluto simply doesnt fit in planet definition. Period.

[@SuperSaf]

Now how big do your problems seem?

[@catfunt5744]

+SuperSaf TV I love your videos.

[@Miniclash]

+SuperSaf TV Considering I don't have time or money to do such a cool project, bigger than these guys's problems.

[@catfunt5744]

Miniclash Nice.

[@MySerpentine]

+Miniclash Well put, well put!

[@kurayamidesu]

But, alternatively, how big are your accomplishments now? We are very very small.

[@user-mr6tl1jz5j]

I think what amazes me the most that still the gravitational sphere of the sun is still much farther than neptune and stretches onto the oort cloud which is considered the edge of the solar system. and when put into scale the sun is so small It is just amazing to think that such a small object can have that big of a gravitational sphere.

[@donander1]

I am 71 and have read a lot about the solar system and watched a lot of videos about it but the thing that impresses me about this video is that it really illustrates how much empty space there is in the solar system. And it really brings home how small the planets are compared to how far away from the Sun they are.

[@mr.morgenstern9107]

"From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of any particular interest, but consider again that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us". -Carl Sagan

[@evoeightyci]

As a kid, I remember Apollo 11 leaving Earth on my birthday. I also remember Walter Cronkite telling us they were travelling faster than a bullet yet it was going to take 4 days to get there. That was my first introduction to the vastness of space.

[@mikeagate]

Same here. As a 12 year old I listened to the lunar landing on my father's Hellicrafter radio 📻 on the Voice of America 🇺🇸 broadcast. As a 12 year old I could not work out those strange 'ping' sounds between sentences.

[@jeffnaslund]

Ditto. What a time to be 9 years old

[@gordongoodman8342]

The only thing I remember about Walter Cronkite is him saying he is proud to be standing at the right hand of Satan.

[@simonparker57]

Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon on my 12th birthday. It was 21st July in the UK. For many years 21st July was recognised here as the anniversary, but now it is almost remembered on the 20th; the date in the US at the time of the walk!

[@williameaton6330]

I had just turned 16 and had tears in my eyes just as Walter Cronkite had as he was reporting them walking on the moon. I was always a space nut.

[@petergaskin1811]

Wonderful. I came across this video some years ago but forgot to "like" it. Done it now. A truly transcendental experience to understand the full reality of our existence on this little blue marble. For all of us alive today, this is all we'll ever know since Einsteinian physics precludes interstellar travel. We should take better care of it for this is all we will ever have.

[@Rave.-]

The deepest thing said in this video was entirely unintentional. "There's a world in my pocket somewhere."