Neptune, the solar system's most far flung planet, orbits the sun from about 4.498 billion kilometers away. At this scale, the model is more than 11 kilometers wide.

To do it they had to go to a dry lakebed in Nevada, and first build a model of the inner planets to a scale of 1 astronomical unit (AU, or distance from the Sun to Earth) of 176 metres.

Overstreet and Gorosh partnered up to build and film what might be the first-ever to-scale model of the Solar System. They selected the site, a dry lakebed in the Nevada desert, and embarked on ...

Solar technology: Innovative light-harvesting system works very efficiently. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 06 / 240626152221.htm ...

Tour the Solar System. Posted 04.21.11; NOVA; Warning: For those wanna-be astronauts and space travelers out there, this interactive model of the solar system could prove to be highly addictive.

Two wonderful filmmakers, Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, figured out what’s wrong with every image of the solar system we’ve ever seen. In every one, they say, space gets cheated. Planets ...