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Rappahannock News Photo/T. Reynolds IMITATING THE PLANETS, 5th graders in Scarlett Dyer’s class at Rappahannock Elementary School line up to approximate the distances of the planets between each other and from the sun. Starting closest to the sun from left is Gaby Lee, holding Mercury, Amy Aylor holding Venus, Ronnie Dodson, holding Earth, Debbie Nicholson, holding Mars, Wesley Jenkins, Adam St. Clair, Mike Kearns and Mark Butler battling the wind with Jupiter. Hidden by Jupiter are Danny Lysik and Jeff Leake with Saturn, Buck Roemer with Uranus and Erik Dunn with Neptune. Way off in the distance is little Pluto, held by Wayne Sutphin.
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