Orrery

[cajen2]

I bought this from a charity shop to give to my partner's grandson. It turned out to be a (quite complex) kit and totally unsuitable for a five-year-old, so I assembled and painted it (badly!) myself. It's supposed to be solar powered but  the gear resistance is so high I doubt if it'll work.

As you can see, it's scientifically accurate and to scale!😆😆😆

[scotty38]

Is the one nearest supposed to be Earth? Did you assemble it correctly? 🙂 🙂

[cajen2]

No, obviously, the one nearest is Neptune! 😄 The Earth is covered by transparent plastic, presumably indicating atmosphere. It's annoying, because first I carefully painted the continents and icecaps, but when you put the 'atmosphere' on, you can hardly see them! 😥😆

[scotty38]

oh lol. I did wonder about the cover thing, never thought about atmosphere....

[Captain Scarlet]

1 hour ago, cajen2 said:

No, obviously, the one nearest is Neptune! 😄 The Earth is covered by transparent plastic, presumably indicating atmosphere. It's annoying, because first I carefully painted the continents and icecaps, but when you put the 'atmosphere' on, you can hardly see them! 😥😆

That’s right I think because I think if you look really really carefully you find lots of the very small people can’t see through it the other way either!