Solar System

Huge selection solar system models & orreries for budding astronomers. Buy motorised solar system models for your budding young astronomers.

The solar system consists of the Sun; the eight planets, 165 satellites of the planets, 5 dwarf planets, a large number of Small Solar System Bodies (including comets and asteroids), and the interplanetary medium. A planet is any of the eight major celestial bodies. The inner solar system contains the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars; The planets of the outer solar system are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Want to expand young astronomers' horizons further? Bring the night sky into your home or classroom with this Motorised Solar System! Use the stardome to create your own personal planetarium. Learn to locate constellations and planets any night of the year (depends on night viewing conditions).

The Giant Solar System Mobile is a mobile for grownups or children. The planets are suspended from 3-independently moving rods around the 19 cm diameter Sun. This mobile will fascinate the young in age and youthful in heart. The whole mobile measures 137 cm (54") across. Jupiter is 14.5 cm and Earth is 9 cm in diameter.

An Orbiting Solar System right in your room! Now you can explore the wonders of the solar system right in your own room! Just look up at your ceiling and watch as all eight planets orbit around the light-up sun. Listen as the audio CD takes you on a fascinating tour of our solar system. Use the included light-pointer to locate each planet and make comets and meteors streak through the night sky.

Children are fascinated by planets and this inspiring Solar System Mobile kit, endorsed by the Science Museum, is sure to be a hit. Build the planets, paint them with the supplied paints, add the glow paint for night time illumination and attach to the hanging structure then lie back and watch the Solar System revolve.

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