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This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
scale and how good a way to show the vast distances among the planets is to make a scale model that is smaller than the actual size of the solar system. Talk about the planets with the kids.
Sun is scaled one meter (39") in diameter. Actual Size of Sun: 1,391,000 km (864,000 mi) AU (“Astronomical Unit”) is the average distance between the Sun and Earth: 150 million km (93 million mi) A little more than 100 Sun diameters will span the distance of one AU.
PDF. To make it fit on a single 8.5x11" sheet of paper (diagonally), you may use the. distance scale 1 cm : 1 astronomical unit (note the mention of lower-case) or 149,597,870.7 km. Provide a simple ruler, a pencil, and an example, and have students make their own to take home.
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.
Using a strip of paper, construct a quick scale model of the distances between the orbits of the planets, the Asteroid Belt, and Pluto as part of the Kuiper Belt. Topics Covered • Scaled distances of orbits in the Solar System • Types of objects in the Solar System • Usefulness of models Participants
27 maj 2024 · A model of the solar system to scale. Originally designed for a Grade 12 project for an Earth & Space Science course to showcase the solar system. Could be painted by hand or with an MMU in PrusaSlicer to better distinguish the different planets.
