So Overstreet and his partner, Alex Gorosh, decided to build a model that would accurately represent what the solar system actually looks like.

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Google, NASA team up to develop 3D solar system models. Experiencing the vastness and majesty of solar system is going to be more fun now. Google and NASA have come together to bring more than 60 ...

Those proportions are kept honest in the scale model, in which an Earth that's only the size of a small marble calls for a solar system that's 7 miles wide.

You can now view stunning 3D models of planets, moons and spacecraft into your surroundings using nothing but your smart phone, thanks to a new partnership between NASA and Google. Our solar system is ...