Joe Hanson shrinks the solar system to a relatable scale in the latest episode of “It’s Okay to be Smart.”
Some really great stuff in here, even if you’ve seen a scale representation of our cosmic neighborhood before. Hanson touches on habitable zones, the Voyager spacecraft, the misrepresentation of asteroids in our solar system’s asteroid belt, and more.
https://gizmodo.com/our-asteroid-belt-is-unique-and-that-s-why-life-may-b-5956970
Give it a watch – then try making your own model of the solar system.
