The third millenium project

This is just a re-cap of what happened in December before Christmas, at the Corktown pub in Hamilton.

In conjunction with David Hickey's 'Journey through the Solar system', which he played with Paiste gongs, I set up my model of the Solar system for people to look at. Then, I placed the planets at their appropriate distances. This was according to Guy Ottewell's 'Thousand Yard' model of the solar system.

In this model:

The Sun was a bowling ball.
The planet Mercury was a pinhead.
The planet Venus was a peppercorn.
The planet Earth was a peppercorn, with a pin as the Moon.
The planet Mars was a pinhead.
The planet Jupiter was a chestnut.
The planet Saturn was a filbert.
The planet Uranus, a peanut.
The plant Neptune, another peanut.
The planet Pluto was a pinhead.

These were placed in their appropriate distances from one another. The Sun was kept close to the Pub. Mercury was a dozen paces away. The planet Venus was at the sidewalk, the planet Earth was on the other side of the road. The planet Mars was 'kitty corner' across the intersection.

Jupiter, which is six blocks away from Mars, was barely visible on the other side of the park.

What I learned from this experience is that I need brighter lights for the planets that are further away. Also, they have to be mounted higher.