How do you create a scale model of the solar system?

Answer 1

I would recommend that you concentrate on a number of key factors:

1. relative distances

place the sun in the middle and then place each planet at a distance which preserves the relative distances

2. use balls (or crumbled paper which is colored) to represent the various planets and the sun. Make sure to use different size balls (or paper balls) to reflect the difference in size.

3. Use cardboard cutouts for Saturn to represent its rings (glue it to the ball)

4. with wire, you can attach smaller balls to represent the moons (attach smaller balls to the larger balls which are the planets).