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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. Wow by 4of12 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's been talked about over here, too.

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  2. Universe scale model by zer0vector · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even better, we should build a model of the Milky Way:

    If the Earth is the size of a pea in New York, then the Sun is a beachball 50m away, Pluto is 4km away, and the next nearest star is in Tokyo. Now shrink Pluto's orbit into a coffee cup, then our Milky Way Galaxy fills North America.

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