Solar System Scale Model Object Sizes Marble Earth

Calculate the scaled planet diameters and planet sun distances for a solar system model.

Solar system scale model object sizes marble earth.

The first model will compare the distance the planets are from the sun in astronomical units the other model will compare the size of the planets using diameters in kilometers. 0 0002 inch or 0 005 millimeter. The idea here is to communicate the relative sizes and distances of various objects without getting overly caught up in the accuracy of the comparisons. A convenient scale has 1 foot representing 1 million miles.

Starting with the earth as the size of a marble it turns out you need an area about 7 miles 11 2km to squeeze in the orbit of the outermost planet neptune. Deborah scherrer stanford solar center. Voyager 1 the most distant human made object has been in space for more than 40 years and it still has not escaped the influence of our sun as of feb. Our solar system is huge.

The team used glass spheres lit by leds and some gps calculations to map out the solar system on the dry bed of the black rock desert in nevada. If we were making a scale model of the solar system it would not be the same size of the peppercorn sun but it would be practically invisible to the naked eye. Scale size 7 5 be able to use information about the scale of the solar system. The instructor will show you 3 model earths to choose from.

In this activity you will make two scale models of the solar system. There is a lot of empty space out there between the planets. 100000000 or sun diameter 10 cm or neptune distance from sun 1000 ft. Enter scale or diameter or distance select to show table and or map below select options then press calculate.

In their fantastic model the earth is only the size of a small marble. Solar system scale model. Which model earth is the correct size scale for our model 2 5m sun. This same scale has 1000 miles representing 1 light year.

There are many good projects that will show you how to make your own scale model. An interesting middle school level activity would be to make a more accurate solar system scale model that would fit in the school yard as a follow on project 1. 1 2020 voyager 1 is about 13 8 billion miles 22 2 billion kilometers from the sun nearly four times the average distance from the sun to icy pluto. The vast expanse of the black rock desert gave the crew the space needed to construct a to scale model of the solar system.

Ask the participants how far away should the earth marble be placed to be in scale with the.