The following table gives the approximate radius of a few Solar System objects:
Sun
7x1010 centimeters
Earth
6x108 centimeters
Jupiter
7x109 centimeters
Pluto
1x108 centimeters
If we made a model of the Solar System with the Sun the size of a big beachball (1 meter in diameter),
how big would the Earth be?
A ) basketball
B) baseball
C) marble
D) grain of sand
Try to calculate exactly how big the model Earth would be. Be prepared to explain!
How about Jupiter?
How about Pluto?
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