Real world solar system models can be found in lots of places, the one that inspired us was the Maine solar system model. We originally tried to make something similar to this, but it was ...

The premise is simple: to build a solar system model to scale. The result, done on an empty 7-mile stretch on a dry lakebed in Nevada, is just awesome. Wylie Overstreet writes: ...

Of course other models of the Solar System -- or bits of it -- do exist to scale. On the web there are several, perhaps most notably this illustration which represents the distances between the ...

If you’ve ever seen an illustration of the solar system, the odds are good that it was wrong. Not that it messed up the order of the planets, but that the scale was completely off.

September 17, 2015 VIDEO: Solar system model built to scale in Nevada desert Video clears up misconceptions about vast orbits By Michael Tanenbaum PhillyVoice Staff Science Astronomy Wylie ...

You can forgive a solar system model if the distances between the planets aren’t entirely accurate or if the planets aren’t to scale. However, other accuracy factors set a good-quality model ...

You can forgive a solar system model if the distances between the planets aren’t entirely accurate or if the planets aren’t to scale. However, other accuracy factors set a good-quality model ...

The John J. McCarthy Observatory in New Milford will unveil its scale model of the solar system Nov. 14. Following a brief ceremony at the Route 7 South observatory, behind the high school, the ...

You can forgive a solar system model if the distances between the planets aren’t entirely accurate or if the planets aren’t to scale. However, other accuracy factors set a good-quality model ...

You can forgive a solar system model if the distances between the planets aren’t entirely accurate or if the planets aren’t to scale. However, other accuracy factors set a good-quality model ...

You can forgive a solar system model if the distances between the planets aren’t entirely accurate or if the planets aren’t to scale. However, other accuracy factors set a good-quality model ...