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Let’s talk about scale!

Your solar system model is a scientiﬁc model — a representation of the real

thing that helps us understand some aspects of it. All scientiﬁc models are

incomplete ... that’s what makes them models! While your model clearly shows

the order of the planets, and how the planets orbit the Sun, the model is vastly

out of scale. The diameter of the Sun is more than 100 times as large as the

diameter of the Earth! The size difference matters — because the Sun is so

much larger than the planets, the Sun’s gravity holds the planets in orbit.

At this scale, the Earth would be

about 17.7 feet away from the Sun,

but we’d need a 37-page fold-out to

make that ﬁt. Neptune would be over

530 feet away. That’s 1.5 football ﬁelds!

Here is the

Sun shown

at the same

size as your

gummy Sun.

If you made the

planets to scale,

they would be tiny!

Earth

Sun

Out of this world facts:

EXTREME TEMPS

Because Mercury

is so close to the

sun, its surface can

reach 800°F (430°C)

during the day. But

with no atmosphere

to hold in the heat,

night time temps

can dip to a frigid -290°F (-180°C). Even

though Mercury is closest to the sun,

the record holder for heat is Venus. Its

thick atmosphere keeps average surface

temperatures at 870°F (465°C).

SPINNING SIDEWAYS

A MULTITUDE OF

MOONS

Earth only has one moon, but it’s far

from the only moon in the solar system.

Scientists have counted

293 moons in our solar

system. Mercury and

Venus don’t have any,

and Saturn has the

most at 146.

Uranus is the only planet

in our solar system that

spins sideways. This

gives it really extreme

seasons. Each hemisphere

experiences winters that

last for 21 Earth years!

You may notice it also

has rings like Saturn, but

they’re much harder to see from Earth.

STORMY WEATHER

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a giant storm

that’s twice as wide as Earth and 300

miles tall. Winds reach up to 400 miles

an hour. This is the

biggest storm on

Jupiter, but the

planet is covered

with dozens of

smaller super storms.

Saturn and its

moon, Titan

Jupiter and its

moon, Europa

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