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malgar

Aug 3 2006, 08:13 PM

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It's all in scale.
The sun diameter is 2 m, the Earth diameter is 1.8 cm. To be in scale I should put Pluto 8.4 km away from the sun

I haven't yet built the giant planets. But there are a lot of moons

On the Sun you can see the Earth not painted.

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djellison View Member Profile	Aug 3 2006, 08:24 PM Post #2
Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1	That is VERY cool Doug

David View Member Profile	Aug 3 2006, 09:44 PM Post #3
Member Group: Members Posts: 809 Joined: 11-March 04 Member No.: 56	QUOTE (malgar @ Aug 3 2006, 08:13 PM) It's all in scale. The sun diameter is 2 m, the Earth diameter is 1.8 cm. To be in scale I should put Pluto 8.4 km away from the sun I haven't yet built the giant planets. But there are a lot of moons On the Sun you can see the Earth not painted. Poor little Enceladus; not only is it very small, but its albedo is so high I can barely see it against its paper background. Don't forget 2003 UB313! And Ceres (Cere? Cerere?), which is even larger than Encelado. How do you say "Mimas" in Italian? Mima? Mimante?

malgar View Member Profile	Aug 3 2006, 10:14 PM Post #4
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 5-June 05 From: 46.283N 11.433E :)) Member No.: 401	Right! These are good suggestions! Dilo has suggested me the Voyagers escaping the solar system.. but I should use a nanostructure I say Cerere and Mimas (never used Mimante or Mima but they could be the real italian names)

Guest_PhilCo126_*	Aug 4 2006, 09:41 PM Post #5
Guests	Well, now You just have to figure out the distances ( Astronomical Unit ) and place the planet in correct locations Something simular was done in Belgium with bronze models of the planets located in different cities using the correct distances ...

malgar View Member Profile	Aug 4 2006, 10:04 PM Post #6
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 5-June 05 From: 46.283N 11.433E :)) Member No.: 401	Already done PhilCo126! It's an activity for kids that will be there in 20 days! I have the Google Earth file with the placemarks but it doesn't me allow to upload it here.

helvick View Member Profile	Aug 5 2006, 12:31 AM Post #7
Dublin Correspondent Group: Admin Posts: 1799 Joined: 28-March 05 From: Celbridge, Ireland Member No.: 220	QUOTE (malgar @ Aug 4 2006, 11:04 PM) I have the Google Earth file with the placemarks but it doesn't me allow to upload it here. Rename it as something lse (.jpg, .png, .xls work for sure) then you can upload it and we can rename it ourselves to .kmz. I for one want to see this.

malgar View Member Profile	Aug 5 2006, 07:49 AM Post #8
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 61 Joined: 5-June 05 From: 46.283N 11.433E :)) Member No.: 401	Uploaded! You have to rename it .kmz Thanks Attached File(s) Sist.solare.xls ( 1.08K ) Number of downloads: 282

Canopus View Member Profile	Aug 5 2006, 11:29 AM Post #9
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 24-January 06 From: USA Member No.: 659	Nice! (Not just remember folks, Saturn and its system are -mine-)... lol...

bigdipper View Member Profile	Aug 10 2006, 03:04 AM Post #10
Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 14-January 06 Member No.: 645	Scale model of the solar system in Aroostook "The County" Maine (center at Presque Isle) 64km Pluto to Sun http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/ 1:93,000,000 scale Community solar system (w/passports!) centered at Boston Museum of Science, Cambridge, MA http://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/css.html 1:400,000,000 scale Both are tourist attractions worth visiting. The one in Maine is driveable along Route 1 from Houlton to Presque Isle with the models along the highway, and a map available at the rest areas keeps the kids busy (are we at Mars yet?) The Boston model is much more challenging to navigate (as is the Boston traffic) and can take a couple of dedicated days to visit or a couple of years of "when you're nearby get your passport stamped". Like letterboxing. I have to say, having seen both of these models, I am very impressed with yours. Now all you have to do is talk to the local bureau of tourism.

ljk4-1 View Member Profile	Aug 10 2006, 01:13 PM Post #11
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430	The Sagan Planet Walk in Ithaca, New York, is one mile long from the downtown commons to the Sciencenter. It is an educational tribute to Carl Sagan, Cornell professor, long-time Ithaca resident, and science popularizer. http://www.sciencenter.org/saganpw/ The Sun model in the commons is a hole in the top of the monument about the width of a basketball. By comparison, Pluto and Charon are barely visible dots. http://geology.about.com/library/weekly/aa081802a6.htm The moon stats for Jupiter through Pluto are in serious need of updating, as the SPW was dedicated in 1997. And I'm not quite sure what they're going to do in regards to those really big KBOs and TNOs they keep finding. One other fact about the SPW that always gets people is that they plan on dedicating a plaque marking the scaled location of the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. It is to be located in Hawaii. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined, and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

Cugel View Member Profile	Aug 20 2006, 03:02 PM Post #12
Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 11-December 04 Member No.: 120	What keeps amazing me is that when you reach Uranus.... you're only halfway!

ljk4-1 View Member Profile	Aug 21 2006, 12:41 AM Post #13
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430	I don't know about the other scale model Sol systems around the globe, but they are already talking about updating the Sagan Planet Walk in Ithaca should the initial IAU resolution be decided upon. http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs....=73254374380698 -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined, and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

Steffen

Sep 15 2006, 09:18 AM

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I have found these ... going to the stars...

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