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This article describes how to calculate the size of artwork from the physical size of objects in the game.

===== Planets & Asteroids =====

This scale is generally used for large-scale objects (larger than 10 kilometers) that the player does not generally dock with (i.e., is generally not on the same plane).

The size of a image representing a planet or asteroid is equal to:

  Size(pixels) = 22 * Size(km)^(0.25)

^Object             ^Size (Km) ^Image Size (Pixels) ^Notes   ^
|Ringed planet      |300,000   |512 × 256           |About the size of Saturn, including ring diameter.|
|gas giant          |150,000   |430 × 430           |About the size of Jupiter.|
|ice giant          |50,000    |330 × 330           |About the size of Neptune.|
|Large rocky planet |13,000    |240 × 240           |About the size of Earth.|
|Medium rocky planet|7,000     |200 × 200           |About the size of Mars.|
|Small rocky planet |5,000     |180 × 180           |About the size of Mercury.|
|Large planetoid    |3,500     |170 × 170           |About the size of Earth’s Moon.|
|Medium planetoid   |2,250     |150 × 150           |About the size of Pluto.|
|Small planetoid    |1,000     |128 × 128           |About the size of Ceres; smallest spherical object.|
|Giant asteroid     |500       |105 × 105           |About the size of Vesta.|
|Large asteroid     |250       |90 × 90             |About the size of Hyperion.|
|Medium asteroid    |100       |70 × 70             |About the size of Prometheus.|
|Small asteroid     |50        |60 × 60             |About the size of Eros.|
|Tiny asteroid      |10        |40 × 40             |About the size of Deimos.|

===== Ships and Stations =====

Ships and stations share a common scale.

   Size(pixels) = 5 * size(meters)^(0.68)
   Size(meters) = [size(pixels)/5]^(1/0.68)

===== Notes =====
  * If a station is on an asteroid (e.g., a mining colony) use the size of the station as a guide (the asteroid should be less than twice the size of the station).
  * Stars probably need a different scale.
  * Planets are currently out of scale. They need to be roughly double the size.
  * CSC is slightly out of scale. It should be around 400 meters, which would make it 331 pixels. Also, [[game:ships:Centurion|Centurions]] are probably too big--they are probably ~25 meters in diameter.
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