A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

First to-scale Solar System model built in seven miles of desert All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors.

So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

In this solar system, Jupiter is about the size of a miniature watermelon. The sun is a small weather balloon. And the orbits, traced onto a dry lakebed, are huge.

For about 35 years, the Colorado Scale Model Solar System has delighted campus visitors by shrinking Earth's cosmic neighborhood down to a short walk. Now the exhibit is getting a new update and an ...

A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.