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<p>Bric: /* Explanation */</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 2761<br /> | date = April 10, 2023<br /> | title = 1-to-1 Scale<br /> | image = 1_to_1_scale_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 444x281px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = There's a version that shows the planets with no cropping, but it's hard to find a display that supports it.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a BOT AT 1-TO-1 SCALE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> This comic supposedly shows what each planet would like like at 1:1 scale, which would mean at real size. However, because a miniscule portion of each planet is visible on the page at that scale, it becomes comically useless at distinguishing the size or relative size of each planet, and each planet is just a differently textured straight line.<br /> <br /> The title text remarks that it is hard to find a display that supports a version of the image without cropping. This is because a true 1:1 scale image showing each of the planets would be ridiculously large[https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1164/how-big-is-the-solar-system/], larger than any monitor or display currently available on Earth.{{Citation needed}}<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:]<br /> :The solar system's planets at 1:1 scale<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category: Space]]</div>

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