Brief Description: |
Brief Description: World’s Largest Scale Model of
the Solar System – Ceres, at Forest Park Nature Center |
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Location: |
Ceres is located on a plaque inside Forest Park Nature Center, 5809 Forest Park, Peoria Heights.. | |
Latitude / Longitude |
N 40° 45.422 |
W 089° 34.485 |
EcoCache ID: |
17143013 |
Difficulty: |
1 out of 5 |
Terrain: |
1 out of 5 |
Submitting Group: |
Kevin Emmons: Morton High School Teacher - Morton, IL | |||
Website: |
http://morton709.org/schools/high_school.php | |||
Date Submitted |
10/02/2007 | |||
Significance |
World’s Largest Scale
Model of the Solar System |
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Long Description |
Lakeview isn’t just a
Museum and Planetarium – it’s also the Sun! The Museum’s
Solar System model is scaled to the size of the Planetarium and stretches
over 2,000 square miles in central Illinois, making this the largest
Solar System model in the world. The Sun is represented on the east
wing of Lakeview Museum. Planets are sized to scale, based on a 36-foot
Sun, and placed in orbit to scale up to 60 miles away (to the dwarf
planet Eris), offering a unique Earthbound concept of the vastness
of space. |
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