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- Fri Dec 25, 2015 5:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: To Scale: The Solar System (2015 Dec 25)
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Re: APOD: To Scale: The Solar System (2015 Dec 25)
In Anchorage Alaska, a man designed and convinced the city to build a scale model of the solar system back in the early '80s, if I recall correctly. It still stands. The sun is about 10-12 feet in diameter and rests by the main performing arts center downtown and Pluto is a long walk away at the mai...