[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.

Jack, et al,

Maybe I'm foggy and the morning coffee hasn't kicked in, but isn't a
yardstick 36" long? And isn't Pluto 40 A.U.
away from the sun?  You'll end up 4" shy.  (There's a really bad joke in
there somewhere.....:-P)

Thad

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