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acchow on Aug 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip

This is pretty misleading. The sun's diameter is much less than 1 AU.

taproot on Aug 6, 2013 | [–]

Im pretty sure the sun is bigger than 1 Australia.

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

dm2 on Aug 7, 2013 | [–]

Finally found a good version: http://www.scalesolarsystem.66ghz.com/

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