Boston Community Solar System - Pluto - Boston, MA
Posted by: RIclimber
N 42° 20.244 W 071° 15.178
19T E 314399 N 4689696
The Boston Community Solar System is about 10 miles long, and has an eleven foot sun.
Waymark Code: WM7RAE
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2009
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Most solar system models show either the relative sizes of the planets, or the relative distances of their orbits. This is a true-scale model that shows both.
Starting from the Charles Hayden Planetarium, the Community Solar System is anchored by an 11.6 ft diameter Sun. They used the same 1-to-400 million scale to place a set of planet sculptures in exhibit kiosks around the greater Boston area. Each location marks that planets' scaled distance from our model sun.
Pluto: Green Line "D", Riverside Station, Train platform.
| Diameter | Distance |
Sun | 11.6 ft | |
Mercury | 0.5" | 483ft |
Venus | 1.2" | 901ft |
Earth | 1.3" | 0.24mi |
Mars | 0.7" | 0.36mi |
Jupiter | 14.3" | 1.23mi |
Saturn | 12" | 2.25mi |
Uranus | 5.1" | 4.53mi |
Neptune | 5.0" | 7.1mi |
Pluto | 0.23" | 9.3mi |