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    • Map of a scaled-down Solar System.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 1 April 2009 Size: 150 KB Referencing Hub media

    This map shows our Solar System if it was reduced in size so that the Sun was only 1km across in the centre of Wellington.

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      ACTIVITY

      Shrink the Solar System

      In this activity, students create a scale model of the Solar System to help them understand distances in space. By the end of this activity, students should be able to: get a feel for the huge ...

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      Distances in space

      Distances in space are really, really big. The Voyager 1 spacecraft is heading out of our Solar System at 62,000 km per hour, but even at that speed, it would take it 77,000 years to reach the ...

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