Solar System Model at American Museum of Natural History - Manhattan, New York
N 40° 46.899 W 073° 58.392
18T E 586640 N 4515025
You don't have to pay admission to enjoy this great solar system model. It is visible through the museum's north facing windows.
Waymark Code: WMZE01
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2018
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Part of the museum's Hayden Planetarium exhibits, the model does represent the sizes of the planets, but not the relative distances between the Sun and the planets. If that was the case, and the planetarium was the sun, then Earth would have to be placed two miles away in Times Square.
Address:
West 81st Street and Central Park West
New York, NY USA
To-Scale by distance: no
To-Scale by Size: yes
Is the model an Orrery?: no
Web Page: [Web Link]
Hours: Not listed
Admission Fee: Not Listed
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