Solar System Walkway - Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum - McMinnville, Oregon
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BruceS
N 45° 12.253 W 123° 08.552
10T E 488806 N 5005646
Scale model of the solar system located on the grounds of the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WM5X14
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2009
Views: 15
The solar system is inlayed in the walk way in front of the museum with different colored stones for the planets. In the center of each stone is a brass disk for the scaled size of each planet. Each planet has an information plaque. The walkway is a couple hundred feet long and the coordinates listed above are for the Sun. The Solar System Walkway was dedicated June 2008.
Address:
500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Wa
McMinnville, Oregon United States
97128
To-Scale by distance: yes
To-Scale by Size: yes
Is the model an Orrery?: no
Web Page: [Web Link]
Hours:
24/7
Admission Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
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