Re: To Scale: The Solar System

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
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Subject	Re: To Scale: The Solar System
Date	2015-12-25 19:39 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> To Scale: The Solar System
>> http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151225.html
> 
> 
>> Explanation: Want to build a scale model Solar System? A blue marble
>> 1.4 centimeters (about half an inch) across would be a good choice
>> for a scale model Earth. Since the Sun is 109 times the diameter of
>> Earth, a 1.5 meter diameter balloon could represent the Sun. But the
>> distance between the Earth and Sun, 150 million kilometers, would
>> translate to just under 180 meters (590 feet) at the same scale. That
>> would mean the completed project, including the orbits of the outer
>> planets, is probably not going to fit in your backyard. Still, you
>> might find enough room on a dry lakebed. Check out this video for an
>> inspirational road trip through the Solar System to scale.
 
Grade school crap. 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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