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I thought this might be a good illustration on the vastness of the Solar System as part of a lesson on Creation for a confirmation group, Sunday School class, etc.:

Ask Marilyn by Marilyn vos Savant, as printed in the May 29, 2011 edition of Parade magazine

You once described our solar system with fruits and vegetables.  Could you give us the "recipe" again?--David Erickson, Veneta, Ore.

Gladly.  If the sun were a pumpkin about a foot wide, Mercury would be a tomato seed 50 feet away; Venus, a pea 75 feet away; Earth, a pea 100 feet away; Mars, a little raisin 175 feet away; Jupiter, an apple 550 feet away; Saturn, a peach 1025 feet away; Uranus, a plum 2050 feet away; and Neptune, a plum 3225 feet away.  Pluto stays in the fridge.

www.parade.com/askmarilyn/2011/05/Sundays-Column-05-29-11.html