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Diameter of planets and their distance from the Sun in kilometers (km):
This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
planet looking at an apparently small Sun. Pictures don’t help much. Although we could print the planet sizes to scale, the paper would need to be way too large to show the scaled distances. Instead, to help you understand the sizes and distances of our solar system, we’ve created a scale model.
• Talk about what a solar system model that demonstrates the relative average distances between the planets and the Sun and the relative sizes of the planets would look like. Save your Solar System Statistics cards for future activities.
Microsoft Word - ss_distance.doc. Stars and Planets. Scale Model Solar System. Real and Scaled Distances of the Planets . The scale factor is 1 to 10 billion. Every meter in this scale model solar system represents 10 billion meters in the real solar system.
Distance from sun in miles 36,000,000 Distance from sun in kilometers 57,900,000 Distance from sun in astronomical units 0.38 Period of rotation 1407.6 hours (58.7 days) ... SOLAR SYSTEM. URANUS Diameter (miles) 31,763 Diameter (kilometers) 51,118 Distance from sun in miles 1,784,800,000
How big is our solar system? To think about the large distances, we use a cosmic ruler based on the astronomical unit (AU). One AU is the distance from Earth to the Sun, which is about 150 mil-lion kilometers or 93 million miles. The area of the Sun’s influ-ence stretches far beyond the planets, forming a giant bubble called the heliosphere.