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Purpose: Construct a scale model of the solar system to familiarize the student with the relative sizes and positions of the planets in the solar system and the vast distances between them and between the Sun and other stars. A convenient scale has 1 foot representing 1 million miles.
This data will allow you to make a scale model of the solar system. For younger students, do a distance-only model. For older students, you might want to scale the size of the planets to the same scale as for the distances.
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.
This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
Scale Model of the Solar System. Goals: To get an idea of the scale of the solar system with the sizes of the planets. To be able to correctly change from “real” distances to scale distances. What You Turn In:
A Scale Model of the Solar System. On page 3 is a table which gives the sizes of the planets and the distances between them. It also gives those distances scaled down so that 1000 000 km is represented by 5 cm. On pages 4&5 are representations of the planets which you can print out to this scale.
Download the Scale Size and Distance Spreadsheet (XLSX or CSV) or the Solar System Sizes and Distances reference guide if calculating manually. Decide on the diameter of Earth in your scale model. Keep in mind that a 1-cm Earth means the scale distance from the Sun to Neptune is about two miles.
