313-solar-system-to-scale-2-dixon – This panoramic astronomical painting presents a scale comparison of the solar system, displaying the eight major planets and several prominent moons arranged horizontally from left to right next to the blazing edge of the Sun. Moving outward from the fiery solar limb, the terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth with its Moon, and Mars—precede the immense spheres of Jupiter and Saturn. On the far right, the ice giants Uranus and Neptune complete the sequence, all set against a rich cosmic background filled with deep purple nebulae and distant stars. relative sizes are correct, but not the distances between the planets; acrylic and gouache, © Don Dixon
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