{"id":51029,"date":"2022-05-09T21:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/how-do-i-scale-down-the-planets-to-fit-on-notebook-paper\/"},"modified":"2022-05-09T21:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:49:55","slug":"how-do-i-scale-down-the-planets-to-fit-on-notebook-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/faq\/how-do-i-scale-down-the-planets-to-fit-on-notebook-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"How do i scale down the planets to fit on notebook paper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How do you scale planets?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Calculate manually: 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&#8217;s size compared with Earth. This will give you <strong>the<\/strong> scale size of each planet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Can we easily model our solar system with an accurate <strong>scale<\/strong> on <strong>paper<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The solar system is very spread out, which makes accurate <strong>scale<\/strong> models difficult to draw. <strong>Planets<\/strong> such as Jupiter are 1\/10 the size of the sun, but Earth is 1\/100 the size of the sun. With <strong>the<\/strong> right materials it is possible to draw a fairly accurate <strong>scale<\/strong> model of <strong>the<\/strong> solar system.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you draw a solar system to scale?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KhSlAiAWvFU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why is it so hard to make a scale model of the solar system?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Distance and sizes in <strong>the<\/strong> solar system are difficult to visualize because the numbers are so large. In making a scale model, you need to divide the actual figure by any standard number to make a scaling factor.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you scale?<\/h2>\n<p>To <strong>scale<\/strong> an object to a larger size, you simply multiply each dimension by <strong>the<\/strong> required scale factor. For example, if you would like to apply a scale factor of 1:6 and <strong>the<\/strong> length of <strong>the<\/strong> item is 5 cm, you simply multiply 5 \u00d7 6 = 30 cm to get the new dimension.<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make a scale model?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Measure the dimensions of each aspect of the object you are modeling.  <\/li>\n<li>Scale the dimensions down to model size.  <\/li>\n<li>Draw a plan for your model.  <\/li>\n<li>Use your knife to carve out each piece from your building material.  <\/li>\n<li>Paint each piece the correct color or colors.  <\/li>\n<li>Glue all your pieces together according to your paper drawing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make a simple solar system model?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Paint the display. Lay a cardboard box in a way that the opening top side faces you.  <\/li>\n<li>Sort the foam balls.  <\/li>\n<li>Paint the planets.  <\/li>\n<li>Cut the Asteroid belt and planetary rings.  <\/li>\n<li>Glue up everything.  <\/li>\n<li>Cut strong thread and set it.  <\/li>\n<li>Put it all together.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make a model of the solar system?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>To make a solar system model, start by finding a large cardboard box and painting it black to represent space. Next, gather 5 polystyrene balls in various sizes to represent gas giants like the sun, Jupiter, and Neptune. Paint the largest ball yellow, then paint the remaining planets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you make a planet diorama?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:100%;height:420px;\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g-2MiCG4wUE\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How many Earths can fit in the Sun?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Our Sun is a medium-sized star with a radius of about 435,000 miles (700,000 kilometers). Many stars are much larger \u2013 but the Sun is far more massive than our home planet: it would take more than 330,000 Earths to match the mass of the Sun, and it would take 1.3 million Earths to fill the Sun&#8217;s volume.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why are solar system models wrong?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>As the video points out, most depictions of the solar system are inaccurate because to create a true scale rendering, the planets would need to be &#8220;microscopic.&#8221; Overstreet and Gorosh came up with a solution: build a &#8220;simulated model&#8221; in the middle of a dry lakebed where there&#8217;s plenty of space to show off a model of, &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Is there a scale model of the solar system?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Pluto not a planet?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Pluto is now classified as a dwarf planet because, while it is large enough to have become spherical, it is not big enough to exert its orbital dominance and clear the neighborhood surrounding its orbit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do you scale down size?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you want a smaller scale, you can divide the foot to inches conversion by a larger number. Whatever number you divide it by will be the size of your scale. For example, if you divide 480 by 20, the scale is now one twentieth of the original structure.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>How do I scale down a drawing?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Measure the objects that you want to draw.  <\/li>\n<li>Write down your notations.  <\/li>\n<li>Scale the items by use of ratios.  <\/li>\n<li>Divide the 10 by the measured length of the wall, 120, which looks like this as a fraction: 10\/120.  <\/li>\n<li>Set up a ration for the height of the wall, too.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you scale planets? Calculate manually: 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&#8217;s size compared with Earth. 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