The Logan River Planet Walk - Uranas - Logan Utah
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Lord Mot
N 41° 42.510 W 111° 50.887
12T E 429441 N 4617759
The Logan River planet walk features a solar system model in the scale 1:2.8 Billion. This is the location of Uranus
Waymark Code: WMF80Q
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2012
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Each plaque Shows the distance from the Sun to Scale and shows the relative size of the planet to the Sun. Also shows planet diameter, Length of day (rotation), year length of year (revolution) and known moons.
The Planet Walk is a scale model of the solar system installed by Mount Logan Middle School sixth grade students along the Logan River trail in Logan, Utah. It shows the relative size and distance each planet would be from the sun if the distance from the Sun to Neptune were condensed into one mile. We opted to exclude Pluto since it was recently demoted (Plutoed) from planet status due to its eccentric orbit and small size. If Pluto had kept its planet status, astronomers would have had to include several other objects in the solar system as planets as well. This doesn't mean Pluto no longer exists (for those Pluto lovers out there), it just means that our understanding of the solar system is evolving.
Overview map:
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visit link)
Address:
Between 200 West and 600 West
Logan, Utah
84321
To-Scale by distance: yes
To-Scale by Size: no
Is the model an Orrery?: no
Web Page: [Web Link]
Hours:
Any
Admission Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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