I came across what I thought was a very cool thing in Escanaba, MI. They had signs along the main drag through town with information on the solar system. Each sign was positioned to-scale based on how far apart the planets' orbits are from each other. The kicker for me was the sign a mile down the road for the Voyager spacecraft (all the other signs were 60-70' apart.. I thought this would be really cool to waymark and it got me thinking there might be potential for a new category!
I've started a new group - "Solar System Watchers" in order create this category.
My concept at this point (although this may change depending on the responses I get) is to look for 3 dimensional displays that are to-scale either by size and/or by distance. The display must include the 8 major planets and it would be nice if it showed Pluto, the asteroids, the sun, moons, comets, oort cloud, or other items.
Is this prevalent enough? Certainly should be global. I think its interesting.
Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions? Volunteers to join the group?
Thanks,
SteveHerrick