Scale model of Solar System near Earth

25 June 2024 by Aki Takeda (Research Scientist at MSU Dept.of Physics)

1. Introduction

Scale model of Earth - Moon - Sun system

diameter
(km | mile)
distance from Earth
(km | mile)
diameter & distance
in our model E.
Earth12,800 | 8,000--- 6 (cm) & -----
Moon3,480 | 2,200 380,000 | 240,000 1.6 (cm) & 6 (ft)
Sun 1,400,000 | 88,000 150,000,000 | 94,000,000 6.5 (m) & 0.44 (mile)







hight above the Earth height in our model
Inner Radiation Belt 1,000 -- 12,000 (km) 0.47 -- 5.6 (cm)
SAA (South Atlantic Anomally) 200 (km) 0.09 (cm)
Outer Radiation Belt
(dense area)
4 -- 5 (R_earth)
25,600 -- 32,000 (km)
12 -- 15 (cm)
Bow shock front 90,000 (km) 42 (cm)