ASTRONOMY AT TMSC


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Scaling the Solar System
to Improve Understanding in Science,
Mathematics, and Technology

 

How big are the planets, and how do they compare to each other?
How far away are each of the planets from the Sun?

These are just some of the questions that are answered with the Science Center's scale model of the solar system, a direct, line of sight model, visible from our mountaintop location.

Google Earth kmz files

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