{"id":33,"date":"2014-01-22T07:15:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brannan.net\/solar\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2014-01-22T23:16:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T07:16:36","slug":"planets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.brannan.net\/solar\/planets\/","title":{"rendered":"Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brannan.net\/solar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Solar_Objects-over.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-171\" alt=\"Solar_Objects-over\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brannan.net\/solar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Solar_Objects-over-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Grouse Ridge Solar Model<\/strong> is a scale model of our Solar System, situated in Grouse Ridge Campground, Emigrant Gap, Cisco Grove, Big Bend, and Baxter, California, USA.\u00a0 The model is implemented as a series of Geocaches, but you do not need to be a Geocacher to experience the model.\u00a0 You will, however, need a GPS.<\/p>\n<h2>Quick Facts:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The scale of this model is 1 inch equals 5000 miles.<\/li>\n<li>Sol, (our sun,) is represented by the Grouse Ridge Lookout.\u00a0 At 14.4 feet across it&#8217;s exactly the right size for the scale, and it can be seen from a long way off &#8211; this is very important for this project.<\/li>\n<li>Mercury is only 600 feet away.\u00a0 In fact, all of the inner planets are within about a mile and a half.<\/li>\n<li>After Jupiter, the distances start to take rather large leaps.\u00a0 The furthest, Pluto, is almost 12 miles away!<\/li>\n<li>All planetary positions have a <strong>clear view of Sol<\/strong> in this model (at least during nice weather.)<\/li>\n<li>All planets have their coordinates posted both here and at the Geocaching site.\u00a0 (You will need a GPS to cruise the model.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Use the Links<\/h2>\n<p>Use the planet links on the main page to find out about each of the planets, or select them out of the Planets hover menu.\u00a0 There are links to the Geocaching site throughout, so you can easily download waypoint files for your GPS.\u00a0 The entire set of way points can be downloaded here, in <a href=\"http:\/\/brannan.net\/solar\/Solar_Waypoints.gpx\">GPX format<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brannan.net\/solar\/planets\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Planets&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brannan.net%2Fsolar%2Fplanets%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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