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