How Do You Scale a Solar System Model

Choose the size (diameter) you want Earth to be in your model (for example 1 cm). For each planet, multiply the size you chose for Earth by the multiplier value on the chart. The multiplier is a planet’s size compared with Earth. This will give you the scale size of each planet.

Is there a scale model of the solar system?

In October 2001, the Voyage Scale Model Solar System opened in Washington, DC, displaying a one to ten billion scale of the sizes of the Sun and planets, and the distances between them.

Why do we use a scale to model the solar system?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of making a scale model? (Answer: The advantage is that it is small enough to see all at once and that it may fit into the space available. It is like the real solar system because it shows the distances of the planets relative to the sun.