LARGEST Solar System Model West of the Mississippi River - Sunspot, NM
N 32° 57.825 W 105° 44.871
13S E 430109 N 3647516
According to the National Solar Observatory and Sunspot Astronomy and Visitors Center, this is the Largest to-scale model of the solar system west of the Mississippi River.
Waymark Code: WMCZQK
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2011
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The Sunspot Astronomy and Visitors Center is the location of the sign that represents the sun, in this huge solar system model that extends from Cloudcroft (the sun) to the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo (Neptune) at a scale of 1:250 million.
The model includes a large inflatable sun at the Sunspot Astronomy and Visitors Center, and road signs (that represent the planets) which were installed by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (Roswell District 2, Tularosa Maintenance Yard).
This Solar System Model is the largest west of the Mississippi River, the 3rd largest in the U.S., and the 6th largest in the world
Type of documentation of superlative status: http://www.nso.edu/staff/dooling/solar_system/
Location of coordinates: At the sun
Web Site: [Web Link]
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