A Proposal: Proportional Solar System Scale Model (a la "Planetwalk" Cebu City)

[EarlZ]

Hey this is a very nice and bold project, wishing the best luck for this one.

[Hellblazer 2.1]

Quote: Originally Posted by rodsky This activity is not about you.

whatever you say, kiddie.

[handsoff241]

Quote: The scales I mentioned (i.e. mongo seed, marble, etc.) were based on Bill Nye's video. But the calculation for scales are easily based on one reference point: Distance of Earth to sun. And thus, using this scale... 149,600,000 kilometers (ave.) = 100 meters = 100,000 millimeters So doing 149,600,000 / 100,000 we get 1,496...which when used... 149,600,000 / 1,496 = 100,000 millimeters Now when we substitute the Earth-sun distance with planetary diameters, we easily arrive at the planetary diameters in millimeters: Mercury = 4,879 km = 3.2 millimeters Venus = 12,103.6 km = 8 millimeters (actually smaller than a marble, which is about 10-12 mm, so just 2mm bigger than an airsoft BB pellet!) Earth = 12,756.2 km = 8.5 millimeters (almost as thick as a 9mm bullet) Mars = 6,794 km = 4.5 millimeters Jupiter = 142,984 km = 95.5 millimeters (actually larger than tennis ball, which is only about 65 millimeters)

I thought it was very hard

Sayon ra man diay... hehehe

[rodsky]

Quote: Originally Posted by handsoff241 I thought it was very hard Sayon ra man diay... hehehe

Yep. What's hard is the actual, real-world implementation.

-RODION

[shaddaf]

i agree...... it would be great..!

[handsoff241]

hmmm I hope your working on this or atleast nag organize ug committee it would be great!

[handsoff241]

psssssssst.. update

[rodsky]

Quote: Originally Posted by handsoff241 psssssssst.. update

No updates. I'm too busy to do anything about it at the moment. Anyone else can start/propose this, it doesn't have to be my endeavor. It could be anyone else's, who's genuinely interested in wanting to make people understand/realize how big the solar system really is.

-RODION

[handsoff241]

Oh.. I'd love to but I don't have the talent and the resources.

[thiefmeister]

pde ang distance ky gamitan ug legends.. like 100km = 1m?? something like that..

[rodsky]

Quote: Originally Posted by thiefmeister pde ang distance ky gamitan ug legends.. like 100km = 1m?? something like that..

Yes. In this proposed model, the scale is 1,496,000 km = 1 m.

-RODION

[edoy]

ako willing ko mo donate ug 8.5mm sphere for earth's replica

[cebu_tiboy]

This would be a nice project . . . really would be happy to let my kids see something like this.

[Spitzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by rodsky Yes. In this proposed model, the scale is 1,496,000 km = 1 m. -RODION

Just a thought... GPS coordinates could also be added to give the exact location of the planets, like Geocaching.

Or, we could actually add this as part of geocaching entries. By the way, geocaching is a world wide game of hiding and seeking treasures using GPS. In this case, initial point given is the sun's location. Once geocachers get to that point, they will read some notes then will be given another coordinate for the location of the other planets.

See more details @ www.geocaching.com

[rodsky]

Quote: Originally Posted by Spitzer Just a thought... GPS coordinates could also be added to give the exact location of the planets, like Geocaching. Or, we could actually add this as part of geocaching entries. By the way, geocaching is a world wide game of hiding and seeking treasures using GPS. In this case, initial point given is the sun's location. Once geocachers get to that point, they will read some notes then will be given another coordinate for the location of the other planets. See more details @ www.geocaching.com

Cool idea.

I'm still ambivalent about my original idea for the format. Someone pointed out that the planets' positions, based on the model, may be misleading (i.e. all in one straight line), because if they were on an orbit, and their realistic locations at this very moment were plotted, then the distances would really vary (i.e. distances between planets, distances between a particular planet and the sun, due to orbit's elliptic nature, etc).

Lot's of thinking and re-evaluation to be done about this project, but I'm still interested in pursuing it one day.

BTW nice meeting you during the Galilean Nights 2009 event!

-RODION