On this page you can compare the size of the sun and the 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune). The following settings can be made:

• The two objects that should be compared.
• If the object should be drawn side by side or over each other.
• If the focus is on the smaller or on the larger object.

This comparison would not be possible, if the following pictures were not available in the web:

• Sun - Resource: SOHO (ESA & NASA)
• Mercury - Resource: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Venus - Resource: NSSDC Photo Gallery
• Earth - Resource: NASA
• Mars - Resource: NASA/JPL
• Jupiter - Resource: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
• Saturn - Resource: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
• Uranus - Resource: NASA/JPL
• Neptune - Resource: NASA