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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.
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:
exploring a more accurate scale model Solar System (or at least part of one) can help students and the public better understand the vastness of space and the challenges of space exploration.
Distance: pixels. Desktop version 1.2.2. 1 pixel = 1,000 km. This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
The key feature of the solar system model is the use of a single scale factor (1:1 Billion) for illustrating both the sizes of the Sun and planets and the distances of the planets from the Sun.