Ernest F. Andrews Memorial Planet Walk
N 40° 34.767 W 075° 29.624
18T E 458213 N 4492190
The Planet Walk is a scale model of the Solar System stretching 3,676 feet along the Bridle Path in Allentown's Little Lehigh Parkway, but which planet is Ernie's favorite?
Waymark Code: WM2YRX
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2008
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The Planet Walk is designed to a scale of one foot equaling one million miles. At this scale, the Sun is about 10 inches wide, Jupiter is about one inch wide, and Pluto is a tiny period at the end of this sentence. While the planets are small, their actual average distance from the Sun at this scale is quite large. The Earth is 93 feet from the Sun (93 million miles) and Pluto is nearly three-quarters of a mile away! At this scale, to reach the nearest star, you would have to travel to Hawaii.
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