Solar System Wall Chart, Unmounted

Description

Since the solar system encompasses more than the sun and its nine major planets, this intriguing chart deals with comets, asteroids, and the true size and distance relationships of the varied members of the solar family, portrayed in easy to grasp fashion. Among those depicted are the orbits of the 9 planets and their relative distances from the sun, the orbits of halleys comet and enckes comet, a circle representing the solar disk on which is superimposed 9 smaller circles, demonstrating the relative size of each of the planets, the four largest of the minor planets (asteroids) compared in size to the earths moon, the visual appearance of halleys and donatis comets, the apparent phases of venus, and the astronomical symbols for the planets. Size 44 x 36 unmounted