The vastness of our Solar System and the distances involved ... Observatory in Greenwich Park in East London to build his own scale model. This is based on the sun being the size of a football.

But which parts should you choose? Low Tech Magazine has the answer, in the form of a guide to building a small solar power system. The result is an extremely comprehensive guide, and though it ...

This series of his videos explains how size, distance, and space make solar system models so tricky.