How to Build a Seven-Mile-Wide Scale Model of the Solar System It takes three-and-a-half miles to get from the Sun to Pluto Danny Lewis September 21, 2015 ...

The solar panel frames and mounting rails need to be bonded (connected so that they maintain electrical continuity), and the whole mounting system then needs to be grounded to earth—i.e., with ...

Still from "To Scale: The Solar System," a 7-minute video that shows the construction of a scale-model solar system in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (Image credit: Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh) ...

A video of the huge (but shrunken) solar system has attracted more than 400,000 views since it was posted on the To Scale Series Facebook page. A companion video shows how the model was made, with ...