CA3 Project: Proportional Solar System Scale Model ("Planetwalk" Cebu City)

[EarlZ]

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

[Hellblazer 2.1]

This activity is not about you.

whatever you say, kiddie.

[handsoff241]

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]

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]

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..