A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

The solar-system models in the Holbrook set are decorative, but they're also important examples of 19th-century science. And they're so well-made that they're almost works of art.

By the time we hit Jupiter, the solar system stretches to about 778.5 million kilometers, or in terms of this model's scale, just under a kilometer.

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an ...

2. Activity 1: Solar System Model (30 minutes) Hands-on Activity: Students will create a model of the solar system using Styrofoam balls, paint, and string.

Under the new model of the solar system's formation, the spinning disk that eventually formed the sun and the planets had a large amount of energy within it. Particles were flattening into planes ...

Those proportions are kept honest in the scale model, in which an Earth that's only the size of a small marble calls for a solar system that's 7 miles wide.

So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

The solar-system models in the Holbrook set are decorative, but they’re also important examples of 19th-century science. And they’re so well-made that they’re almost works of art.

How does Starfield's solar system stack up visually to the real thing? It's pretty accurate (with one notable, story-based exception)! Check out our side-by-side comparison.

Rooftop solar panels aren’t exactly rocket science. Toyota, for example, offers a solar charging system for the Prius PHV in Japan, yet it’s a little disappointing because it doesn’t charge ...