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The comparative sizes of the sun and the planets

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The comparative sizes of the sun and the planets.jpg The comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar SystemThe comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar SystemThe comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar SystemThe comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar SystemThe comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar SystemThe comet of 1066, as represented in the Bayeux TapestryThumbnailsThe Copernican theory of the Solar System

(Drawn approximately to scale)

On this scale the Sun would be 17½ inches in diameter; it is far greater than all the planets put together. Jupiter, in turn, is greater than all the other planets put together.