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Is There a Sun Earth Moon Scale Model One Can Walk Around?

-- Jamie | February 22, 2021

Question:

Is there a museum or planetarium that has large scale, illuminated, revolving and rotating exhibit of the sun, moon, and earth? (The movement would likely be sped up). Not a screen, but something you can walk around, or even walk into or through. In such an exhibit one could understand the phases of the moon, daylight around the world, eclipses, climate.

-- Jamie

Answer:

Not that I am aware of. There are many stationary scale models of the solar system, though. There are also many smaller-scale “orrerys” which show the motions of the Sun, Earth, Moon, and planets in moveable scale models.

-- Jeff Mangum

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