Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:50:43 -0500
From: Jim Kling <jkling at nasw.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Re: possible tenth Solar planet
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:

> I also recommend that everyone look at the scale model of the solar
>
>system on the national mall, that starts in front of the Air & Space
>Museum.  If you want to get a good look at anything other than the sun
>and maybe Jupiter, I recommend bringing a magnifying glass.  If you
>want to get any look at all at anything beyond the inner solar system,
>I recommend wearing a good pair of hiking shoes.
>
>Keeping the same scale, they could put some Kuiper belt objects in
>Georgetown, some Oort cloud objects in front of their new Dulles Annex
>(except that they'd be far too small to see on that scale), and the
>closest star in Australia.
>
In that case, on March 27, I could become the first human being to
travel to the closest star. Is it anywhere near Sydney, do you think?

--
Jim Kling
science writer
Rockville, MD
http://nasw.org/users/jkling