The Maine Solar System Model
Built by the People of
Aroostook County, Maine
Click on the name of a planet to see how it appears from US Route 1 as you travel between Presque Isle and Houlton.

Scale 1:93,000,000
At forty miles (64.4 km) from Pluto to Sun, the largest complete three-dimensional scale model of the Solar System in the World.
Description | How the Model Was Built | Late Breaking News | Donations and Needs
Dedicating the Model | Builders and Committees | New Horizons Mission to Pluto
The Northern Maine Museum of Science
Museum Director Kevin McCartney
Web page designed by Richard E. Rand
Updated October 4, 2008

University of Maine at Presque Isle

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