Today in Science we made Solar System Maps to show the distance of planets in space. We were given 2 locations, and we had to measure the distance between them. For this project, the distance between your 2 locations = 1 AU (Astronomical Unit). Then we had to multiply our distance by however many AU’s each planet was from the sun. My 2 locations were Saint Basils and the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The distance between these two locations was 356 Meters so 356 = 1 AU. I then mulitplied 356 x 0.387 = Mercury’s distance, 356 x 0.722 = Venus’ distance, 356 x 1.52 = Mars distance, 356 x 5.2 = Jupiter’s distance, 356 x 9.58 = Saturn’s distance, 356 x 19.2 = Uranus’ distance, and 356 x 30.1 = Neptune’s distance. The numbers I mulitplied 356 by are the Astronomical Units each of the planets are away from the Sun.

By Trevor Thirsk