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December 12, 2017 09:36 am PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/iRP-YQ9Mh8s/building-a-scale-model-of-our.html
Building a scale model of our solar system in the desert is an eye-opening exercise
You are no doubt aware that models of our solar system are not to scale. These guys went to Black Rock Desert to create a scale model of our solar system, starting with an Earth the size of a marble. This required seven miles of empty desert to add the other planets (not including Pluto). There's an awful lot of space between these little spheres.
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