Helps you to understand the Universe

Learn about the motions of the Moon and the planets
The Dutch language Astroset Maan en planeten (Moon & Planets) was made to help you understand the motions of the Moon and the planets.
The set (of five plates, two of them printed double sided) consists of the Table Planetarium (showing planets up to Mars), the Earth-Moon model, an ellipse instrument and a special rules to determine the distances of the planets the Table Planetarium, also of the planets that are not presented by the planetarium.

Table Planetarium
The Table Planetarium illustrates the motions of the planets: their eastward (and sometimes westward, or retrograde) movement, the Zodiac and the ecliptic, important positions in their orbits, like conjunctions, opposition and elongation, and more. The bottom is 28.5 cm wide, the edge is 83 mm high.

Earth-Moon model
The Earth-Moon model helps you understand all about the movement of the Moon around the Earth: why the Moon seems to change in shape in the course of a month (the phases of the Moon, like New Moon and First Quarter) and why we have Sun and Moon eclipses. The model is 14 cm wide, 17 cm deep and 12 cm high.

Necessary
You will need three wooden beads of 8 mm, two of 10 and two of 15 mm diameter as well as seven pieces of 6 cm long wooden sticks of 1,5 mm diameter (these are available in the DeLuxe set; see below).

Building instructions and User Guide
These will be available in English soon, including translations of the Dutch words into English:

• Building instructions English
• User Guide

English versions?
We would love to be able to realise English version of our unique range of BIY instructive astronomy products. If you are a publisher, or know a publisher, who is interested, please let us know. Our products are wonderful for young people, schools and observatories and clubs that are active in the field of astronomy education.

ENGELSTALIGE VERSIE
Your Own Planet Walk at scale 1:100 billion!
A concise encyclopedia AND scale model of the Solar System in one!

The distances from the Sun to planets, dwarf planets and many thousands of other Solar System objects are unimaginably large! You need a scale model to comprehend those distances.

This basic set of the Solar System scale model consists of 32 cards: for the Sun, the eight planets, five dwarf planets, several ice dwarfs (KBO's) and other small objects, specific area's of the Solar System (like the Asteroid Belt and the Oort Cloud), stars in the neighbourhood and more. See here.  Besides, these is a card with general information about this scale model. The cards are 9.6 cm wide and 11.8 cm high.

Hang or place the cards at the correct, stated scale distances and you have created your own Planet Walk of at least 45 m length (up to Neptune; or 101 m up to dwarf planet Eris.

The supplemental set of the Solar System scale model (MDL-SS2), with 24 cards of more exciting objects, makes your Planet Walk complete!

See this page for more information on the Solar System scale model.

User Guide 




 

ENGELSTALIGE VERSIE
Your Own Planet Walk at scale 1:100 billion!
A concise encyclopedia AND scale model of the Solar System in one!

This is a supplement to the basic set of the Solar System scale model (MDL-SS1) and consists of 24 cards, for many more spectacular and exciting objects. It makes your Planet Walk even more complete! See this link.

To use the cards of this set you need the basic set, which has cards for the most important objects, like the Sun and planets. The cards are 9.6 cm wide and 11.8 cm high.

This supplemental set of the Solar System scale model consists of 24 cards: for orbits, planetary rings, sixteen other ice dwarfs (at all distances possible, so of all classes), the asteroid Pallas, comet Encke, Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Apophis, Earth ' trojan' 2012 TK7, the hypothetical Planet Nine, and the TRAPPIST-1 system of seven planets.

NOTE: I made errors in the cards for the 'scattered disc' object 1995 TL8 and for Encke's comet. We have made replacement cards that will be added for free.

User Guide: under construction

Dutch cardboard build-it-yourself star wheel for 52° North. It is designed particularly for children and very useful as educational material for schools. It is a simplified version of the planisphere, with less objects. Size: 42 x 30 cm.

Schools, planetariums, museums and other institutions can get a discount (minimum of 50)!

Learn about the motions of the Moon and the planets
The Dutch language Astroset Maan en planeten (Moon & Planets) was made to help you understand the motions of the Moon and the planets.
The set (of five plates, two of them printed double sided) consists of the Table Planetarium (showing planets up to Mars), the Earth-Moon model, an ellipse instrument and a special rules to determine the distances of the planets the Table Planetarium, also of the planets that are not presented by the planetarium.
This is a DeLuxe set that includes all the wooden beads and wooden sticks that you need to build the models.

Table Planetarium
The Table Planetarium illustrates the motions of the planets: their eastward (and sometimes westward, or retrograde) movement, the Zodiac and the ecliptic, important positions in their orbits, like conjunctions, opposition and elongation, and more. The bottom is 28.5 cm wide, the edge is 83 mm high.

Earth-Moon model
The Earth-Moon model helps you understand all about the movement of the Moon around the Earth: why the Moon seems to change in shape in the course of a month (the phases of the Mo

Building instructions and User Guide
Please see:

• Building instructions English
• User Guide

English cardboard build-it-yourself star wheel for 40° North. It is designed particularly for children and very useful as educational material for schools. It is a simplified version of the planisphere, with less objects. Size: 42 x 30 cm (can be folded to half this size).

Schools, planetariums, museums and other institutions can get a discount (minimum of 50)!

Your own planet path, at scale 1:100 billion!
A small encyclopedia and scale model of the Solar System in one.

The distances of the Sun to the planets, dwarf planets and thousands of other Solar System objects are too large to visualise with out a scale model!
This basic set of the Solar System scale model contains 16 cards: for the Sun, the eight planets, the five dwarf planets and stars in the immediate neighbourhood. Finally a special card for this scale model, and scale models in general.
You can hang of place the cards at the correct (shown) distances at scale to build your own Planet Path, at least 45 m long (up to Neptune; up to dwarf planet Eris it is 101 m long).

Complete the Solar System scale model with the supplement (MDL-ZS2), consisting of cards for the Moon, smaller ice dwarfs and asteroids and certain areas of the Solar System with many objects, such as the Asteroid Belt and the Kuiper Belt.

See this for more information on the Solar System scale model.
Download the User Guide for free (not finished, yet).

This new Solar System scale model is for now only available in Dutch. That is really a pity for it is a wonderful tool to teach everyone (particularly young people) about distances in the Universe.
We hope in the near future we can work with publishers in other countries, especially in English speaking countries, to realise English editions of the scale model

English cardboard build-it-yourself star wheel for 50° North. It is designed particularly for children and very useful as educational material for schools. It is a simplified version of the planisphere, with less objects. Size: 42 x 30 cm (can be folded to half that size).

Schools, planetariums, museums and other institutions can get a discount (minimum of 50)!

Your own planet path, at scale 1:100 billion!
A small encyclopedia and scale model of the Solar System in one.

This supplement of the Solar System scale model contains 16 cards: for the Moon, a few asteroids, some smaller ice dwarfs (and possible dwarf planets), important areas of the Solar System (the Asteroid Belt, the Kuiper Belt, the Oort Cloud and the Scattered Disc), comets and the Voyager spacecraft (inncluding information for Pluto space probe New Horizons).
Hiermee maak je het Zonnestelselmodel compleet!

To use this set you need the basic set, as that contains cards for the Sun and the planets, the most important members of the Solar System.

Download (for free) the User Guide (not finished, yet).

This new Solar System scale model is for now only available in Dutch. That is really a pity for it is a wonderful tool to teach everyone (particularly young people) about distances in the Universe.
We hope in the near future we can work with publishers in other countries, especially in English speaking countries, to realise English editions of the scale model

Dutch cardboard build-it-yourself sundial for 50° North . It is designed particularly for children and very useful as educational material for schools. Size: 42 x 30 cm, can be folded to half this size.

Schools, planetariums, museums and other institutions can get a discount (minimum of 50)!

English cardboard build-it-yourself sundial for 50° North. It is designed particularly for children and very useful as educational material for schools. Size: 42 x 30 cm (cannot be folded in its present design, the next run will have a folding line).
Because of its size and the fact that in cannot be folded without damaging the instrument we cannot send this product when it involves just a few copies.

Schools, planetariums, museums and other institutions can get a discount (minimum of 50)!

32 transparent Card Holders for displaying the Solar System scale model cards and keeping them safe and clean.

PLEASE NOTE: Cost of shipping on request and depending on the country in question.

16 transparent Card Holders for displaying the Solar System scale model cards and keeping them safe and clean.

PLEASE NOTE: Cost of shipping on request and depending on the country in question.

A separate transparent Card Holder for displaying the Solar System scale model cards and keeping them safe and clean.

PLEASE NOTE: Cost of shipping on request and depending on the country in question.

A Dutch fun and instructive astro-set, particularly useful for children, consisting of three of our products:
1. "build-it-yourself" cardboard star wheel
2. "build-it-yourself" cardboard sundial
3. scale model of the Solar System