[sac-forum] Re: Scale model of Solar System

Just too cool!  It's also very interesting that H.A. Rey pointed out an
easy way to visualize astronomical distances. He noticed that the number
of A.U. in a light year is almost equal to the number of inches in a
mile (63,360). Therefore if the Earth is visualized as 1 inch from the
Sun, all the planets would fit on a yardstick. The nearest star Proxima
Centauri would then be over 4 miles away. Fred Schaaf in the 5/03 S&T
wrote about this and noted that with 1 inch = 1000 light years, we would
be 2 feet from the center of the galaxy and the Virgo Cluster would be a
mile away.

Jack Jones
Saguaro Astronomy Club
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Phoenix AZ
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> Here's a link to a scale model of the solar system.  1 mile = 1 AU.
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>     http://www.umpi.maine.edu/info/nmms/solar/index.htm
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> -Paul
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