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Many students struggle with understanding the solar system because it's so hard to see. Telescopes and timing have to be just right in order for an observer to get a glimpse of a planet. In order to make it easier for people to learn about our solar system, we use models. The Whitesville team would like you to create a 3D model of the solar system in order to assist younger learners with learning about our solar system.

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*Title, Student Name, Planet Labels
*All planets, sun, and Earth's moon in correct order
*Model shows reasonable difference in size between planets
*Creativity and use of color
*Brief written description of each planet, Sun, and Earth's moon (1-2 sentences each)

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*coat hanger with suspended objects
*shoebox diorama
* Styrofoam ball halves on posterboard
* mobile hanging from a cardboard disc
*For more ideas, check out the link below

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Discover thousands of images about Solar System Projects on Pinterest, a visual bookmarking tool that helps you discover and save creative ideas.

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Our solar system has one star, eight planets, five officially recognized dwarf planets, at least 290 moons, more than 1.3 million asteroids, and about 3,900 comets.

It is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur. Our solar system orbits the center of the galaxy at about 515,000 mph (828,000 kph). It takes about 230 million years to complete one orbit around the galactic center.

We call it the solar system because it is made up of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity - the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets Pluto, Ceres, Makemake, Haumea, and Eris - along with hundreds of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.

Our solar system is the only one we know of that has a planet that supports life. So far, we only know of life on Earth, but we're looking for life on other worlds.

NASA's Europa Clipper

Send Your Name to Jupiter

You're invited to #SendYourName to Jupiter's moon Europa by signing a poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón that will travel aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft.

Saying Farewell: Which Spacecraft are Leaving Our Solar System?

Only two spacecraft have reached interstellar space, the space between stars. Three other spacecraft have achieved enough velocity to eventually travel beyond the boundaries of our solar system.

Voyager 1 went interstellar in 2012 and Voyager 2 joined it in 2018. Both spacecraft, launched in 1977, are still in communication with Earth.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is currently exploring an icy region beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt. It eventually will leave our solar system.

Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 also will ultimately travel silently among the stars toward the galactic core. The spacecraft used up their power supplies decades ago.

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Solar System Overview Our solar system has one star, eight planets, five officially recognized dwarf planets, at least 290 moons, more than 1.3 million asteroids, and about 3,900 comets. It is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur.

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VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe

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This document shows exactly how the project will be graded.

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Interactive program to interact with the solar system in real time, past, or present

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Experience Earth, our solar system, nearby asteroids, the universe, and the spacecraft exploring them with immersive real-time 3D web-based apps for Mac, PC and mobile devices. No download or sign up necessary.

Experience Earth, our solar system, nearby asteroids, the universe, and the spacecraft exploring them with immersive real-time 3D web-based apps for Mac, PC and mobile devices. No download or sign up necessary.

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Welcome to NASA's Eyes, a way for you to learn about your home planet, our solar system, the universe beyond and the spacecraft exploring them.

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You may, but are not required, to include the following
*Diameter
*Distance from the Sun
*Number of moons