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Solar System
E2-36: DENSITY STRATIFICATION - FORMATION OF PLANETS
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Demonstrates how density stratification (differentiation) in interior of planets occurs.
E2-34: BASIC ORRERY (PLANETARIUM)
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Demonstrate the sun-earth-moon spatial relationship and related concepts..
E2-31: SOLAR SYSTEM MODEL
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Illustrate the approximate angular disposition of the planets around the sun.
E2-03: CRATER FORMATION MODEL
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Illustrate how a crater forms as a result of an impact or a blast from below.
E2-35: PLANETS - RELATIVE SIZES MODEL
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Illustrate the relative sizes of the planets
E2-21: PHASES OF THE MOON
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Show the relationship between the phases of the moon and the relative earth-sun-moon positions.
E2-01: WORLD GLOBE
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Illustrate the globe
E2-32: EPICYCLE MODEL - PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM OF PLANETS
Category:
E2 Astronomy
Purpose
:
Illustrate the epicycle nature of Ptolemy's model of the solar system