The Sun is about 100 times wider than the Earth and the Earth could fit into the Sun over one million times. It would take 500 years for the fastest person on Earth to run the distance from the ...

The planets revolve around the Sun in real time and the distance between the planets is at scale. The model fills the entire ceiling of the room, making it one of the earliest predecessors of the ...

Emporia State and the Peterson Planetarium will collaborate with Emporia Main Street on creating a permanent scale model of the solar system throughout campus and the downtown area, a project ...