Worlds Largest Scale Model Solar System?

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Worlds Largest Scale Model Solar System?

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 20, 2004 @06:40AM from the not-polite-to-add-your-own-planets dept.

Richard_at_work writes "As the BBC is reporting, the UK is to attempt to create the worlds largest scale model of the solar system ever attempted. At a scale of 1:15million, this brings the distance between the Sun (positioned in Cheshire at the Jodrell Bank Telescope site) and the Earth to 15km or 10 miles, although you will need to travel the entire length of the UK to visit all of the planets. Interesting to note is the distinct lack of a 10th planet :) As well as the 9 planets and the sun, also shown on the model will be Halleys Comet and several asteroids. Would have been great if they had included probes such as Voyager 1." Maybe this claimant for world's largest solar system model will have to expand to keep up.

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GNAA by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:40 · Score: -1, Troll

Gay Nigger Anus Association
first post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:40 · Score: -1, Troll

lol omg bare pwnt /. toil and dikky r on probation lolz
firstest post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:41 · Score: -1, Troll

omgzor
What is the scientific value of it? by Orgazmus · 2004-03-20 06:41 · Score: 0, Troll

What is it supposed to do?
Just be there?

Looks like a attentionwhore stunt of some sort.

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Scale models by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:44 · Score: -1, Troll

A scale model solar system touched my junk liberally
who cares by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:46 · Score: -1, Troll

Who cares?

Ugh, slashdot really sucks
MOD PARENT DOWN, STUPID SLAPSTICK by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:46 · Score: -1, Troll

Is this what passes as humour these days? Please. More like -1, stupid. Probably karma whoring, too.
The Asteroid belt by myownkidney · 2004-03-20 06:46 · Score: 0, Troll

Is going to cost them a small fortune to make.

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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-20 06:56 · Score: -1, Troll

The point mOre there are about 700 Software lawyers are there? Let's before playing to is also a miserable if I remain intentions and it. Its mission is
And.... the Poll to Beat all Polls. by LBArrettAnderson · 2004-03-20 07:21 · Score: -1, Troll

Favorite Planet?

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Sedna

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