| Solar system models tell the story of the | | | | impressions of the solar system through maps, |
| system, whose bodies have orbited continuously | | | | 3D models of planetary bodies, and the |
| around the sun since their coming into | | | | spacecraft. Nowadays, 3D computer graphic maps |
| being.Various models explain how the system has | | | | and software programs help create multi-ethereal |
| evolved and how it might end billions of years | | | | images as authentic as those taken by NASA |
| from now. The birth of the sun and the steps | | | | spacecraft. However, most are inventive in nature |
| that built up the celestial bodies comprising the | | | | cannot be used for scientific analysis. Some 3D |
| system have all been serialized in model form by | | | | graphic models include the smaller moons and |
| various educational and scientific institutions.Vivid | | | | even asteroids in the solar system.The sun, which |
| illustrations of planets, moons, asteroids, and | | | | is only an average star, is the center of attraction |
| comets are made alive using symbolic models. | | | | of planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, |
| Building a model of our solar system is a good | | | | Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, as well as |
| way to learn about the Earth and other planets | | | | satellites of the planets, comets, asteroids and |
| that revolve around the sun. The materials can be | | | | meteoroids. The interplanetary medium, the Milky |
| purchased from websites or can be procured | | | | Way, and the sheer distance, getting longer with |
| locally, as kits are available.Solar system models | | | | the outreach of each planet, offer unending scope |
| provide a symbolic representation of the | | | | for creation of models, including mathematical |
| mysteries that are unraveled during various space | | | | ones. |
| missions. These missions also communicate | | | | |