Solar System model or projector

[Otta]

Our daughter wants the solar system for her birthday (not asking much then).

Can anyone recommend a good model or ceiling projector?

I have googled, but I'm wondering if anyone has actually bought anything and been impressed (or not) by it...

Thanks

[redjam]

Otta Wrote:

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> Our daughter wants the solar system for her

> birthday (not asking much then).

>

>

Sorry, I don't have a useful contribution but that just really made me laugh!

[Crokes]

Muji used to sell a simple but moveable model solar system. Not sure if they still sell them. My friend's daughter loves hers.

[uncleglen]

Useful site for scientific minds

http://www.curiousminds.co.uk/Astronomy/Orreries

[Otta]

That site is perfect, thanks uncleglen.

[hazelnunhead]

Look on the online shop for the Science Museum, they have a few things that might be suitable.

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi Otta

My daughter made one for a school project. She used polystyrene and paper balls which she painted and hung them on sticks to form a mobile. You can buy kits to do this. For example:

http://www.yellowmoon.org.uk/solar-system-kits

Renata

[sleepy-li]

My daughter is keen to be an astronomer, she's 7 and we bought her this projector for her birthday last year

http://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Geographic-Astro-Planetarium-Multimedia/dp/B00FQDWPNQ/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1459865970&sr=8-9&keywords=solar+system+projector

stupidly pricey but it does work well - its ontop of her wardrobe and projects well onto the ceiling, rotating but not too noisy, she absolutely loves it. Have you been to the planetarium at Greenwich? Its fab.

Hope that helps!

Lisa

[yeknomyeknom]

I got these for my son:

https://www.etsy.com/transaction/1072335357?campaign_label=transaction_buyer_notification&utm_source=transactional&utm_campaign=transaction_buyer_notification_010170_10529880387_0_0&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&email_sent=1444681922&euid=vJJ5O__EofbMICCD-uJ0seaD5vOF&eaid=86607669&x_eaid=2f685e94f7

[brezzo]

Not a toy, but an outdoor model of solar system here:

http://www.solarsystem.otford.info/

about fifty minutes on train from Denmark Hill

[Otta]

Thanks everyone for the ideas.

sleepy-li Wrote:

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> My daughter is keen to be an astronomer, she's 7

> and we bought her this projector for her birthday

> last year

>

> http://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Geographic-Astro-

> Planetarium-Multimedia/dp/B00FQDWPNQ/ref=sr_1_9?ie

> =UTF8&qid=1459865970&sr=8-9&keywords=solar+system+

> projector

>

> stupidly pricey but it does work well - its ontop

> of her wardrobe and projects well onto the

> ceiling, rotating but not too noisy, she

> absolutely loves it. Have you been to the

> planetarium at Greenwich? Its fab.

>

> Hope that helps!

>

> Lisa

Hi Lisa, with this projector can you actually see the planets? Thanks