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

But which parts should you choose? Low Tech Magazine has the answer, in the form of a guide to building a small solar power system.

This guide shows you how to make a solar panel and create your own solar system. While it may sound like a complex task, the process of making solar panels is actually surprisingly straightforward.

If you create this model, the Earth and Sun should be about 23 metres apart. If you wanted to walk to the edge of the solar system (where the planet Neptune would be) you would have to walk thirty ...

Their first project, To Scale: The Solar System, spanned seven miles in a dry lakebed in the Nevada desert in 2015.