On Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:12:02 -0500,
Sheldon Schafer  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>. . . The exhibit is a scale model of the Solar System, with
>size and distance on the same scale.  It starts at our museum with
>the sun represented by and painted on our planetarium dome . . .
>a car dealership (Neptune), and a furniture store (Pluto, 40 miles away
>and one inch in diameter).
> It happens to be the largest model of the solar system in the world,
>recognized on page 7 of the 1994 Guinness Book of Records.
 
Sheldon's SS model is almost as good as Saint Paul's Flat Earth Society and
"curator" Jim Miller's *Relocation of the Prime Meridian* . . . (You mean
you haven't heard of Saint Paul Mean Time??!)                  Best,   Jim
 
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