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Our Solar System, shrunk 4 billion times (!)
TWO CORRECTIONS: 1.) The scale of bodies (Sun/planets) and distances (how far planets are from the Sun) is about 1:4000000000 [NOT 1:100000000000, as the audio states]. 2.) Mercury is about 58000000 km (58 million kilometers) from the Sun, which is roughly 36000000 mi. (36 million miles) [NOT 1 trillion km, as the audio states]. ABOUT THIS VIDEO: Filmed 2012 Nov. 1 at Wellesley (MA) Middle School, as part of the astronomy mini-unit for House M science. Worksheets, both fill-in-the-blank AND an answer key, to go with this activity are available online at these addresses: A) FILL-IN-THE-BLANK: fc.wellesley.k12.ma.us B) ANSWER KEY: fc.wellesley.k12.ma.us I edited this video with the YouTube Video Editor (www.youtube.comFrom:mrjacksonwmsViews:0 0ratingsTime:05:57More inEducation

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