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Largest Scale Model of the Solar System

Posted by michael on from the gaz-guzzling-science dept.

rotor writes "The world's largest scale model of the solar system, covering 40 miles, has just been dedicated. For people interested in seeing it in person, you'll have to take a trip up to northern Maine."

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  1. Re:education? by isorox · · Score: 2, Informative

    Because a scale printout would mean that the smaller planets would be measured in micrometers. Having to walk 40 miles between planets a few feet across give a much better example of the size of the system.

  2. Model web site by kekoap · · Score: 5, Informative

    A much more useful link: The Main Solar System Model. It includes a map, pictures of the sun and planets, and lots of other info.

  3. Not the biggest . . . by Gruuue · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Maine model may be the largest in the US, but it's not the largest in the world . . . This one in Sweden has Pluto 300km from the Sun.

    --Chris

  4. UK version by vin_petrol · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's one in the UK too. It's about six miles long (10km) by the side of a cycle path.