A solar system model is the most effective way to accurately plot the relation of all the celestial objects on a much smaller scale.

If you've ever gazed at a model of the solar system, you've likely noticed that the sun, planets, moons and asteroids sit roughly on the same plane. But why is that?

They built a scale model of our Solar System that spanned more than seven miles, and then filmed a time-lapse video to illustrate each planet’s orbit around the sun.

This verified both the direction and the plane of orbit for each planet in the system within a range of values, which were consistent with a Solar System-like model.

A pair of filmmakers visited a dry lake bed in Nevada to build what they describe as the first-ever scale model of the solar system.

You can walk the length of our vast solar system at a new, permanent exhibit stretching more than half a mile across the University of Arizona campus.

As Pluto is finally added to the University of Arizona's scale model solar system, a new study suggests how the dwarf planet's cold heart was originally broken.

Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar system model in the western hemisphere.

That process continues even today in the solar system, albeit at a snail’s pace. But this simple model fails to explain the latest discoveries of planets on highly inclined orbits.

If you have ever looked at a model of our solar system, you may have noticed that all of the planets orbit on the same plane.