07-02-2011, 02:38 PM
In looking for ways to describe or explain the solar system to children using household objects I came across this:
If the sun were a pumpkin about a foot wide,
Mercury would be a tomato seed 50 feet away;
Venus, a pea 75 feet away;
Earth, a pea 100 feet away;
Mars, a little raisin 175 feet away;
Jupiter, an apple 550 feet away;
Saturn, a peach 1,025 feet away;
Uranus, a plum 2,050 feet away;
and Neptune, a plum 3,225 feet away.
Pluto stays in the fridge.
Poor Pluto.
However, according to scientists, there would be one adjustment using the above calculations and edibles.
The pumpkin(sun) should be 3 foot wide.
:)
If the sun were a pumpkin about a foot wide,
Mercury would be a tomato seed 50 feet away;
Venus, a pea 75 feet away;
Earth, a pea 100 feet away;
Mars, a little raisin 175 feet away;
Jupiter, an apple 550 feet away;
Saturn, a peach 1,025 feet away;
Uranus, a plum 2,050 feet away;
and Neptune, a plum 3,225 feet away.
Pluto stays in the fridge.
Poor Pluto.
However, according to scientists, there would be one adjustment using the above calculations and edibles.
The pumpkin(sun) should be 3 foot wide.
:)