Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21544406d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #444.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.410
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The Metro Atlanta Solar System (MASS) is a scale model solar system centered at the Bradley Observatory plaza on the campus of Agnes Scott College, a liberal arts women's college located in Decatur, GA. The MASS model was dedicated on September 11, 2009 in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA). One of the planets (Uranus) was installed at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in May 2009 as part of the From Earth to the Universe (FETTU) exhibit that will be at the airport through the end of January 2010. MASS places scaled images of the planets at locations throughout the city, along their orbits at distances scaled to the size of a 30 foot diameter Sun (the observing plaza) located at Agnes Scott College. The planetary images are those from the airport FETTU exhibition, so the model serves as a way to connect the entire city of Atlanta to the airport images. In this model, 1 AU = 1 km. We discuss the planning, implementation and future uses of this model.
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