We want to make a scale model of the solar system, any good sites?

Question

Thanks Innocent...

Ok... so I don't know that much about the solar system ;)

Well just make the large planets large and the small planets small and call it a day, get out his solar system book and paint them similar to what they are in there.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

try looking in google first.

Answer 2

You're not going to be able to get it in a 12 X 12 space, hon, not if you want accuracy, unless you're willing to make the planets the size of, oh, a pollen grain. There's a LOT of space out there. Earth is about 8,000 miles wide. The sun is about 93,000,000 miles away from Earth. Are you getting the idea? There are a couple of true scale models of the solar system, but Pluto ends up in a different state than the sun is in, many miles away.

Edit: Okay, I found a scale model, using the same scale for both planetary diameters, and distance from the sun. It's a one ten-billionth scale, and Earth is about the size of a pinhead. Here it is: http://www.jeffreybennett.com/solar_syst...

Answer 3

Technically you can't have a scale model solar system is to big even bringing it down like 1000 times would still take a mile or so. But check places like target in there kids section or look online on how to build one.

Answer 4

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_...

Scale for 12x12 you would not even be able to see smaller planets like Mercury.  We have a scale model here at our Discovery Center.  The sun is about the size of a basket ball, Mercury is slightly smaller than a pin head----all the way to Pluto which is nearly a mile away down the greenbelt path.  I have guided the tour several times and most people p**p out at Saturn and head back to the Center.