The Planets Are Very, Very, Very Far Away

Quick: Picture the solar system. Do you see nine planets on tidy rings around the Sun? Then you have been lied to!

It's not without reason: We have to draw the solar system that way to fit it on a placemat, a lunchbox, or in an ordinary book. But that familiar diagram is wrong about almost everything - and so this is no ordinary book. Seven gatefold pages open out not once but twice, capturing our planetary neighbours at scale.

At a trillion-to-one scale, the Sun is about the size of a dime. And five feet away from the Sun, we find... Earth, the size of a pinhead. A trillion-to-one scale is not nearly small enough to fit our solar system into a book (or onto a soccer field)! How small do we need to go? Unfold the spreads to find out...

The Planets Are Very, Very, Very Far Away by Mike Vago offers an extraordinary perspective on the vastness of our solar system. Journey through pages that reveal the true scale of space, engaging readers of all ages in an exploration that defies common understanding. Discover how the familiar solar system illustration misleads and immerse yourself in an experience that changes the way you see the universe.