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Distance between Stars
The distance between our Sun and the nearest star is about 4.3 light years or etwa 40 Billion km. This distance is so enormeous, that in a model where our 
Earth is 25 mm (1 inch) distant from the sun, the distance to the next star would be 6.5 km/4 mi!
Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, inhabits round about 100’000’000’000 stars. With its spiral arms, it has a diameter of about 100’000 light years.
Distance between Earth and Moon
383.000 km / 240’000 mi
Distances between galaxies
Our Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
„Whirlpool“ Galaxy (M51)
Our sun
2,25 Mio. light years 35 Mio. light years
Distances in space
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Moon
Diameter = 3’456 km
Earth
Diameter = 12’664 km
Distance between Planets
The distance between the Sun and our Earth is 150’000’000 km / 93’750’000 mi or 1 AU (Astronomical unit)
Pluto has a very excentric orbit that brings him sometimes inside the orbit of Neptune
Mercury
Distance to the sun = 0.39 AU
Venus
Distance to the sun = 0.72 AU
Earth
Distance to the sun = 1.00 AU
Mars
Distance to the sun = 1.52 AU
Mercury
Distance to
the sun = 1.52 AU
Jupiter
Distance to
the sun = 5.20 AU
Saturn
Distance to
the sun = 9.54 AU
Uranus
Distance to
the sun = 19.2 AU
Neptun
Distance to
the sun = 30.1 AU
Pluto
Distance to
the sun = 24.6 AU to 52.6 AU
Earth
Distance to the sun = 1.00 AU
Distance = 4.3 light years
to the next star
Alpha Centauri A+B
Sun
Sun
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