Modeling the distance between the Earth and Earth's Moon

GOAL:

Create a model that (more or less) accurately represents the distance between the Earth and Earth's moon using small-scale paper cutouts.

 

CALCULATIONS:

 

**Step 1: Find connecting factor to use between actual and model objects.**

-Earth Diameter (Google): 12.7k km

-Distance between Earth and Earth's Moon (Google): 384.9k km

-Number of Earths that fit with in the distance between E&M: 30.31x

 

**Step 2: Calculate scaled distance between models.**

-Paper Earth Diameter: 19.5 cm

→Calculated distance in cm between paper earth and moon:

--30.31 x 19.5 cm = 591.045 cm or 5.91045 m

 

VIDEO:
(Took a Picture!)