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Document Type

Article

Abstract

The scale of the solar system is often demonstrated by having students stand at appropriate distances away from one another in order to represent the planets' average distances from the Sun. At any practical representative scale, however, the physical diameters of the planets cannot be shown at the same time.

Publication Date

Winter 1989-90

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

26

Issue

3

First Page

25

Last Page

26

Copyright

© Copyright 1989 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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