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		Zigurd on July 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Big is Space? It's only the solar system, but it's still a long walk to Pluto: http://www.jeffreybennett.com/model-solar-systems/colorado-s... Models like that get across the incredible amounts of space in space.

eCa on July 15, 2015 | [–]

Cool. The largest solar system model is in Sweden[1], with Pluto being 300 km away from the Sun[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ericsson_Globe

po on July 15, 2015 | | [–]

Definitely. There's one in Ithaca NY as well. They are pretty simple to do, I wish there were one in every town.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_Planet_Walk

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