Ernest F. Andrews Memorial Planet Walk - Allentown, PA, USA
N 40° 34.755 W 075° 29.655
18T E 458169 N 4492168
The Rev. Dr. Ernest F. Andrews Memorial Planet Walk in Little Lehigh Parkway of Allentown, PA.
Waymark Code: WM52FQ
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2008
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From the LVAAS Website (http://www.lvaas.net/index.html?content=/planet-walk/planetwalk):
The Planet Walk is a scale model of the Solar System stretching 3,676 feet along the Bridle Path in Allentown's Little Lehigh Parkway. The Planet Walk is designed to a scale of one foot equaling one million miles. At this scale, the Sun is about 10 inches wide, Jupiter is about one inch wide, and Pluto is a tiny period at the end of this sentence. While the planets are small, their actual average distance from the Sun at this scale is quite large. The Earth is 93 feet from the Sun (93 million miles) and Neptune is just over over one half of a mile away! The dwarf planet Pluto is nearly three-quarters of a mile away! At this scale, to reach the nearest star, you would have to travel to Hawaii.
LVAAS erected the Planet Walk in December of 1996 as a memorial to the late Rev. Dr. Ernest F. Andrews. Ernie Andrews was a member of the Society for nearly 20 years. His contributions to the Society were many, but his love of the heavens and the warmth he showed to all members, new and old, were his legacy. The Society has named one of its observatories at Pulpit Rock for Ernie Andrews, and the wonderful poem he wrote for the dedication of the Spacek Observatory (also at Pulpit Rock) is proudly displayed for all who pass by to read. The Planet Walk was erected with funds donated to the Society by his friends and fellow LVAAS members.
Ernie's Favorite Planet is Mars
Address:
Little Lehigh Parkway
Allentown, PA USA
18103
To-Scale by distance: yes
Web Page: [Web Link]
Hours:
Daylight Hours (when the park is open)
To-Scale by Size: Not Listed
Is the model an Orrery?: Not Listed
Admission Fee: Not Listed
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