Re: model of the solar system
- From: Helen Deborah Vecht <helenvecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:13:48 GMT
M Rimmer <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>typed
> O great and illustrious Oracle^h^h^h^h^h^h Shed, thou fount of all
> knowledge and wisdom, please answer my humble and ignorant plea.
> I want to turn Young Tom's bedroom ceiling into a model of the solar
> system, with his light as the sun, and with spheres representing the
> planets (ideally to size scale, excepting the sun, although obviously
> not distance scale) suspended from the ceiling in order. The bedroom is
> small, about 7' or 8' square, so obviously Jupiter would have to be
> under about 1' diameter.
> Does anyone know if there's a commercial product already available that
> fits the bill? I can find glow-in-the-dark ceiling stickers but they're
> not what I want, and I suppose I could disassemble an orrery but it
> seems like a waste.
> Alternatively, how could I make a set of spheres to scale without it
> looking rubbish? I'm thinking of approaching Usborne Books with an idea
> for a book filled with cut-out-and-fold-and-stick cardboard polyhedra
> printed with up-to-date maps of the planets all to scale. 'Cos I can
> think of a dozen people I know personally who would buy it.
David tried to molish a scale model when he went to a school for their
Astronomy Week earlier this year.
I obhtug a lampshade of a yard's diameter in the S&M post crimble sale
(1zu). Also obhtug balls and marbles. Davis hadta take things into
hall/playground...
....this were not ver practical but gave biggish smalls (p6) a day to remember.
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Helen D. Vecht: helenvecht@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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