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Solar System Scale Model
Solar System Scale Model Deborah Scherrer, Stanford Solar Center Target Audiences: Public science events Activity Time: Youth groups 15-20 minutes Science museums, planetaria Astronomy clubs Community events Age Group: Other Informal Science educational 9-adult locations & events Materials Needed: diameter scaled Sun ( balloon, whatever). Scale models of the 8 planets, asteroids, Kuiper belt objects 3 differently-scaled versions of Earth, including 1 that matches your scaled Earth Toy car or other Scale Model example Extra Earth marbles (optional). Eclipse glasses (optional). Printed satellite image of event location (optional). Transparent overlay of scaled planet orbits (optional). Background: The Scale of our Solar System is difficult to imagine when we are standing on what appears to be a large planet looking at an apparently small Sun.
Uranus 91 mm 5.2 km 51,000 km 19 AU 2900 million km Neptune 89 mm 8.1 km 50,000 km 30 AU 4500 million km Kuiper belt (incl Pluto) Salt to pebbles 8-15 km <1200 km 30-50 AU 4.5–7.4 billion km Proxima Centauri
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