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My 6 year old daughter loves this so much - maybe one day she'll get to visit one of them. I recently made a simple app to compare the sizes of planets, suns e
by callumprentice 9y ago
My 6 year old daughter loves this so much - maybe one day she'll get to visit one of them. I recently made a simple app to compare the sizes of planets, suns etc. when she asked how big the moon was compared to the sun. Might be interesting to folk here: http://callumprentice.github.io/apps/celestial_bodies/index.html?v=2&1=moon&2=earth# http://callumprentice.github.io/apps/celestial_bodies/index....
- ianstormtaylor 9y agoVery simple, but really cool. Well done!
- irrational 9y agoAt first I though the orange splotchy one on the right was the Sun and was thinking there was no way Saturn was almost the same size as the Sun.
- mncharity 9y ago> how big the moon was compared to the sun I like using a 1 Megameter per millimeter "planets view" (Earth is a blue marble; Jupiter is a striped ball; the Sun is an adult-sized white ball).[1] So you can google for lengths in km, trim 3 digits, and draw in millimeters. Relatedly, building a scale model solar system, in a hallway, field or neighborhood, is a popular educational activity, with a lot of variants and instructions online. [1] PDF: http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/RBigE?s=D72k http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/RBigE?s=D72k . Broader context: the How to remember sizes section of http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/Atoms http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/Atoms (better than the page the PDF is on, FWIW). Two slides (for a 2 meter wide screen): http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/RBigE?s=K2so http://www.clarifyscience.info/part/RBigE?s=K2so . Old misc (2001): http://www.vendian.org/howbig/?&page=Megapaper http://www.vendian.org/howbig/?&page=Megapaper , http://www.vendian.org/howbig/?&page=Megafloor http://www.vendian.org/howbig/?&page=Megafloor .