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Other Solar System Scale Models
Have Been Very Successful...

WHERE WHEN SIZE
(MILES)
EARTH
(INCHES)
MATERIAL COST *
(K DOLLARS)
COMMENTS
Swiss Alps 1989 3.7 5
NTS
Aluminum 100 Sun near FXB Observatory
Peoria 1992 45 4 Plexiglass 25 Planets on billboards
Boston 1994 9.3 2 Steel, Bronze TBD Walk at light-speed
Ithaca 1997 0.7 0.1 Concrete, Granite, Porcelain 100 Sagan Planet Walk
Sweden In Process 186 2.5 TBD 750 World's largest
Washington, D.C. Planned 0.37 0.05 TBD TBD TBD

* Excludes significant volunteer efforts.
  NTS = Not To Scale
  TBD = To Be Determined



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