05/09/2022
If you’ve ever wanted to experience space
travel and a sense of just how big our solar
system is, all you need to do is take a drive
to Aroostook County. Northern Maine is the
proud home of the Maine Solar System
Model. Just travel along U.S. Route 1—all
celestial bodies, except the Pluto model
located in the Houlton Tourist Information
Center and the Sun, are visible from the
road. The model extends for nearly 100
miles from the Sun at the University of Maine
at Presque Isle to the dwarf planet Eris in
Topsfield.
If you take in the whole solar system, you’ll
see the Sun, nine planets, seven moons, and
three dwarf planets. Each mile along the
way equals 1 astronomical unit (distance
from the Earth to Sun, or 93 million miles).
https://www.mainesolarsystem.com/
