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Re: Scaled Planetary models
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In 2008 the new 2-story Space Chase exhibit wing opened at the Adventure Science Center in Nashville.  In Wonders of the Solar System, the planets are scaled to size (but not distance) with hand-painted orbs.  In the photo at the following link you can see the Magic Planet (projected) orb in the center showing Jupiter.  The hand-painted Jupiter is seen to the right of the Magic Planet and beyond it are the inner planets.  To the left and behind the planets, a thin limb of our Sun is depicted on a wall mural.  The scale for the planets is approximately 1 inch = 1,120 miles.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adventuresci/3766804796/in/photostream

For more info on how these models were fabricated, you can contact Superior Exhibits and ask for Duncan Millar:
http://www.superiorexhibits.com/

There is a National Solar System Project instigated by a 17-year-old from Michigan.  The Orlando Science Center is Venus and Adventure Science Center/Sudekum Planetarium in Nashville is proud to be Uranus!  ;->
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_orlando/2009/08/orlando-science-center-jacob-larsen-national-solar-system-project.html


Becky Fox Matthews
Senior Educator/Special Projects Manager
Adventure Science Center
800 Ft. Negley Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37203
615-401-5073
 
Our Mission
Adventure Science Center ignites curiosity and inspires the lifelong discovery of science. 
 

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