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 Mar 29 2010, 06:36 PM
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 The Poet Dude  Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60  |
QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Mar 29 2010, 07:18 PM)  MILES, Stu. Doug and I were talking about MILES. Maybe you should include the distance that the Mars Climate Orbiter dipped into Martian atmosphere before the overheated thrusters failed and it soared off into solar orbit. Funny guy  Put "km" by mistake; km or miles it still doesn't work out at the scale I'm using. -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2010, 06:48 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
What is your scale?
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 29 2010, 06:52 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
http://ksssm2.wordpress.com/figures
Essentially, 1AU = 17m. Keeping it simple. It's a fun representation rather than a painstakingly realistic simulation. Our "audience" is mums with prams and young kids; space mad older kids; curious grown-ups. 
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Mar 29 2010, 07:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Then my home works out to be 7.6 light years from you...
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 29 2010, 07:27 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
One of the most memorable things about last year's model was when Doug and I were measuring it out, i.e. tramping down the hill from the castle, with a long tape measure, plotting each planet's position. After leaving Jupiter it really hit us just how far apart the outer worlds are, there was such a huge gulf between Saturn and everything else farther away, it was a real eye opener as we huffed and puffed our way down the hill, sunshine on our necks once the fog had cleared.
I hope we can share that experience with a lot more people this year. Now I need to figure out what to use for the scale model of the Milky Way I want to make on one of the grassy areas beside the path... I'm thinking maybe drawing the shape of the Galaxy in sand or something like that... or stones... or flour... oh, I don't know. Maybe string wound around poles is the way to go. I'll think of something, I'm sure. -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2010, 07:30 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
7.6LY? That means you can be...
(dips into Google... hang on...) Hey, you can be Wolf 359!! (just about!) You'll need to sit on your porch holding a model Borg cube and the wreckage of lots of Starfleet ship models, ok? -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2010, 07:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I'll invite over Jeri Ryan to sit there with me. I suspect this will get not just the mums with prams to pay attention but the dads too.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Mar 29 2010, 07:36 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
(nods approvingly)
I like your plan... Tell her to leave that gloomy, tortured, I'm-so-noble-it-hurts tattooed Maquis boyfriend of hers at home tho. You won't be able to hear yourselves think for the sound of pan pipes and him droning on about spirit and animal guides...
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Mar 31 2010, 09:43 AM
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 Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 22-May 08 From: Loughborough Member No.: 4121 |
Excellent! My 12 year nephew will love this - I'd meant to alert him to the last one as they're only just up near Carnforth; might even be able to make my way up as well.
By the way, the back of my envelope suggests that at that scale M31 would be more or less where Uranus is - furthest naked eye planet and galaxy (?) being a tenuous link maybe? |
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Mar 31 2010, 10:16 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
You'd both be very welcome, PFK.
Like the M31/Uranus link... might use that, thanks! -------------------- |
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Mar 31 2010, 04:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
QUOTE (Stu @ Mar 29 2010, 12:27 PM) Now I need to figure out what to use for the scale model of the Milky Way Have you contacted your local dairies for a donation? -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Jul 10 2010, 09:37 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Just a month to go now until...
All forum members would be very welcome - might even have room for a couple of helpers, if anyone fancies joining in? Going to be a great day I think! (Some other events, too, if anyone is in the area... http://cumbriansky.wordpress.com/2010/07/1...thcoming-events ) -------------------- |
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Aug 14 2010, 09:04 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
It's our Big Day today! Here in Kendal the Sun is splitting the trees, and everything is measured out along the banks of the River Kent. This year our model features not just the planets but Ceres and Vesta, the present location of New Horizons, and to-scale mini-walks showing how far Oppy's longest drive was, and how far Neil Armstrong's longest walk on A11 was. There'll be information sheets, handouts, activity sheets for kids, plus a solar telescope for people to look through. The cafe at the start of the track has renamed itself "The Restaurant at the End Of The Universe" for the day, and has put on a special "space menu" for us too!
I've just been on my local BBC Radio station plugging our event, and everything is Go for a fine, fine day. So, thanks to everyone who sent me ideas, facts and figures etc. Right, time to go make a solar system...
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Aug 15 2010, 09:31 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Full report on yesterday's Solar System Scale Model in Kendal - v hard work but a great day!
http://ksssm2.wordpress.com/the-big-day ( Thanks, NW71! )
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Aug 15 2010, 05:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I was sitting here in orbit around Alpha Centauri, but no one stopped by.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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