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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by i_cannot_hack on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @08:58AM (#6166271) 

    > Wow, our sun is BIG...
Even bigger. The solar system you linked to is not even near to having the correct proportions.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Solar-sys...

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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by fhars on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @10:39AM (#6166807)
That one is not to scale, either. That one is: http://mishkahenner.com/filter/works/Astronomical
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by 0x006A on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @01:18PM (#6167825)
404
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by chakalakasp on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @09:30AM (#6166428)
Although that would make for an interesting sunrise. "Here comes the su- POOF"
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by acchow on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @01:39PM (#6167968)
This is pretty misleading. The sun's diameter is much less than 1 AU.
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by taproot on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @06:14PM (#6169576)
Im pretty sure the sun is bigger than 1 Australia.

Sorry had to, for the confused: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_unit

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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by dm2 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @03:37AM (#6171382)
Finally found a good version: http://www.scalesolarsystem.66ghz.com/
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