| Semimajor axis in A.U. | Actual Diameter in km | # of steps if Mercury were one step from sun | Scale diameter if earth were 12" globe | Scale distance if earth were 12" globe | Scale diameter if earth were 6 foot globe | Scale distance from Sun if Earth were 6 foot globe | Scale distance from 6' Earth Globe in Abrams planetarium lobby | Location from Abrams' Earth globe in lobby | |
| Sun | - | 1,392,000 | - | 109 feet | - | 655 feet | - | 13.3 miles | Dimondale, MI |
| Mercury | 0.387 | 4879 | 1 | 4½ inches | ¾ miles- | 2¼ feet | 5 miles | 8.3 to 18 miles | - |
| Venus | 0.723 | 12,104 | 2 | 11½ inches | 1½ miles | 5¾ | 9.6 miles | 3.7 to 23 miles | State Capitol Building |
| Earth | 1 | 12,756 | 3 | 1 foot | 2¼ miles | 6 feet | 13.3 miles | 0 | Planetarium Lobby |
| Mars | 1.524 | 6794 | 4 | 6½ inches | 3½ miles | 3¼ feet | 21.3 miles | 8 to 35 miles | Williamston, MI |
| Asteroids | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jupiter | 5.203 | 142,980 | 13 | 11¼ feet | 11½ miles | 67¼ feet | 69.3 miles | 56 to 83 miles | Detroit |
| Saturn | 9.555 | 120,540 | 25 | 9½ feet | 21¼ miles | 56¾ feet | 127 miles | 114 to 140 miles | Chicago |
| Uranus | 19.218 | 51,120 | 50 | 4 feet | 42¾ miles | 24 feet | 256 miles | 243 to 270 miles | Pittsburgh |
| Neptune | 30.11 | 49,530 | 78 | 4 feet | 67 miles | 23¼ feet | 400 miles | 387 to 413 miles | Washington DC |
| Pluto | 40 | 2300 | 102 | 2 inches | 88 miles | 1 foot | 527 miles | - | Cape Cod |
| Eris | 68 | 2400 | - | 2¼ inches | 153 miles | 1¼ feet | 900 miles | - | - |
| Sedna | 525 | ~2200 | - | - | 1181 miles | - | 7000 miles | - | Japan |
| Alpha Centauri | 271,936 A.U. | - | - | - | 612,000 miles | - | 3,616,757 miles | - | 145 times around the world or to the moon and back 8 times |
Map of inner solar system to scale to the Earth globe in Abrams Planetarium lobby.
Map of outer solar system to scale to the Earth globe in Abrams Planetarium lobby.
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