Presque Isle, Maine: Solar System Model: Mercury
Scale model of the planet Mercury is part of a Solar System model that starts with the Sun at the University of Maine.
- Address:
- US Hwy 1, Presque Isle, ME
- Directions:
- 0.4 miles south of the UMPI campus. Just north of Green Hill Rd on east side of US Hwy 1.
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The Maine Solar System Model is a scale model (1 mile = 1 A.U., appx. 1:93000000) of the Solar System, beginning at the campus of University of Maine at Presque Isle is the 50-foot diameter Sun and ending at the visitor information center (I-95 at US-1) with a one-inch diameter Pluto.
There are additional dwarf planets being added on Route 1 along the way. Only .4 mile from the sun is Mercury, located at Burrell's Garden!
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