So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

In the span of 36 hours they platted out a mesmerizing and visceral true scale model solar system, even attaching lights to their car to drive and film the orbits of the planets at night.

Get your scrolling hand ready. An interactive web page has created a scale model of the solar system, where the moon is the size of just one pixel.

Two filmmakers built what might be the first-ever scale model of the Solar System in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, and it spanned seven miles.

New this year will be a scale model of the solar system displayed on the RIT campus and surrounding communities. Included will be a 50-foot diameter inflatable structure representing the sun, and ...

Just for fun, here's a Python model showing part of the solar system (up to Jupiter). If you want to see how to make this, I have a video for you.

In To Scale: The Solar System, the filmmakers seek to make a model of the solar system that gets the orbits and the size of the planets perfectly to scale.

A new set of informational displays is now in the works. Parker King, the concept designer for the Cumberland model, says the Eugene solar system was his inspiration for the project.