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[[File:Sagamore field longest length.png|thumbnail|800px|The longest length of the [[Sagamore]] field is '''480 ft''']] |
[[File:Sagamore field longest length.png|thumbnail|800px|The longest length of the [[Sagamore]] field is '''480 ft''']] |
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I'm using an [https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/ online solar system scale calculator] to see what our solar system model can look like. Although the video serves science education by using metric units, I wonder if we should use US customary units instead? Using the scale chosen in the video, 1,264,000,000:1 (calculated from the video's stated 110 |
I'm using an [https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/ online solar system scale calculator] to see what our solar system model can look like. Although the video serves science education by using metric units, I wonder if we should use US customary units instead? Using the scale chosen in the video, 1,264,000,000:1 (calculated from the video's stated 110 cm (4.3 inch) grapefruit = 1.39 million kilometer sun)!, we can comfortably get out to Saturn at 370′. A 5.5′ sun gets us Saturn at 470′ (the length of our field) and a scale of 1,600,200,000:1 , but I think I'll stick with their scale because they give us good size references (e.g. Mercury is only the width of just 4 human hairs). |
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| Light Speed || 1 inch per second |
| Light Speed || 1 inch per second |
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| Light Year || 465 miles |
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| Width of Milky Way || 100-120 thousand light years |
| Width of Milky Way || 100-120 thousand light years |
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[[File:2014 Sagamore Space Day journal entry.jpeg|frame|center|"5/8/14 Today I learned about space. I learned the Sun is not the biggest star. The planets are so far apart. I like Saturn and Neptune. The planets orbit the Sun. The moon orbits the Earth." ''--Sagamore first grader'']] |
[[File:2014 Sagamore Space Day journal entry.jpeg|frame|center|"5/8/14 Today I learned about space. I learned the Sun is not the biggest star. The planets are so far apart. I like Saturn and Neptune. The planets orbit the Sun. The moon orbits the Earth." ''--Sagamore first grader'']] |
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[[Category:Sagamore Hills Elementary School 2013-2014]] |