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Deutsch: Größenvergleich bekannter Planeten und Sterne

English: Relative sizes of the planets in the solar system and several well known stars. Star colours are estimated (based on temperature) and Saturn's rings are shown slightly larger in the picture than to scale. Blender 3D was used for the models, lighting, and rendering. The GIMP was used to assemble and label the six renders into a single image. Wolfram Alpha was used to calculate each star's base colour through Wien's Law. The relative sizes of stars in terms of their representative solar radius were calculated for all stars in each frame. Texture maps for stars were created using images of the Sun from SOHO. Planetary texture and bump maps (excluding Earth) were from Celestia Motherlode. Lastly, Earth's texture and bump map were obtained from Natural Earth III.

Français : Tailles relatives des planètes du système solaire et plusieurs autres étoiles connues.

Română: Dimensiunile relative ale planetelor din Sistemul Solar și ale mai multor stele mai cunoscute, inclusiv VY Canis Majoris, cea mai masivă stea cunoscută.

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30 July 2008

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Dave Jarvis (https://dave.autonoma.ca/)

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English: Relative sizes of the planets in the solar system and several well known stars.

Other languages:

Bosanski: Relativne veličine planeta u Sunčevom sistemu i nekoliko poznatih zvijezda.

Čeština: Porovnání velikostí planet sluneční soustavy a některých známých hvězd

Dansk: Den relative størrelse af planeterne i solsystemet og af adskillige velkendte stjerner. Størrelsesforholdene i hvert nyt diagram vises ved at gentage sidste himmellegeme fra det foregående som det første i ny skala.

Deutsch: Relative Größen der Planeten im Sonnensystem sowie der Vergleich zu mehreren gut bekannten Sternen.

English: Relative sizes of the planets in the solar system and several well known stars.

Español: Tamaños relativos de los planetas de nuestro Sistema Solar junto a varias estrellas conocidas.

Esperanto: Relativaj grandecoj de pluraj planedoj el la suna sistemo kaj de pluraj aparte konataj steloj

Français : Tailles relatives des planètes de notre système solaire par rapport à quelques étoiles connues.

Italiano: Dimensioni relative tra i pianeti del sistema solare e tra Giove, il Sole e alcune stelle note. I colori delle stelle sono stimati in base alla loro temperatura superficiale, gli anelli di Saturno sono mostrati leggermente più grandi rispetto alla scala corretta.

Magyar: A Naprendszer néhány nagyobb égitestje, és ismert vagy nagy méretű csillagok (csak egy-egy képen belül) méretarányos összehasonlítása

Nederlands: Relatieve omvang van de planeten in het zonnestelsel en een aantal bekende Sterren. Oplopend van Mercurius tot VY Canis Majoris, voor zover bekend de grootste ster van het heelal.

Polski: Względne rozmiary planet Układu Słonecznego i kilku wybranych gwiazd.

Português: Dimensão relativa dos planetas do Sistema Solar e de várias outras estrelas conhecidas.

Български: Относителни размери на планетите от Слънчевата система и някои известни звезди

Македонски: Релативните големини на планетите во сончевиот систем и неколку познати ѕвезди.

Русский: Относительные размеры планет Солнечной системы и нескольких известных звёзд

Українська: Порівняльні розміри Сонця, планет Сонячної системи та найвідомиших зірок.

한국어: 태양계 행성과 몇가지 잘 알려진 별들의 크기 관계.

中文：太阳系的行星和一些著名星球的相对大小

中文（繁體）：太陽系的行星和一些著名恆星的相對大小

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	11:38, 16 November 2016	6,400 × 4,200 (1.72 MB)	Mlaru	Reverted to version as of 08:50, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
	15:47, 15 November 2016	6,400 × 4,200 (6.05 MB)	Mlaru	Estonian version
	08:50, 13 July 2009	6,400 × 4,200 (1.72 MB)	Thangalin	Fixed VY Canis Majoris texture map flaw. Moved Sirius away from edge. Moved Betelgeuse away from its name. Increased zoomed on fifth frame.
	05:19, 7 July 2009	6,400 × 4,200 (1.74 MB)	Thangalin	Fixed texture mapping issue with VV Cephei A.
	20:20, 5 July 2009	6,400 × 4,200 (1.75 MB)	Thangalin	The following changes were made to the image to resolve issues with inaccuracies and aesthetics: * More recent maps for Mercury, Mars, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter. * The "table" now cuts close to the centre of the largest object per diagr
	19:54, 17 February 2009	6,424 × 4,430 (1.81 MB)	Thangalin	Category:stars Category:planets Category:Planetary systems
	19:41, 17 February 2009	6,424 × 4,430 (1.78 MB)	Thangalin	Category:space Category:planets Category:stars Category:Planetary systems
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