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Sun on the Planets Trail Rheinischer Esel

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Sun on the Planets Trail Rheinischer Esel

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Sun on the Planets Trail Rheinischer Esel

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  • Location: Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    December 29, 2022

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    At a scale of 1:1 billion, a planetary walkway is four miles long, unless you omit Pluto, which has been a dwarf planet for a number of years. This was done on the newly built planetary path in Witten. The nature trail leads along the "Rheinischer Esel" bicycle route and begins with a large yellow sun that was painted on the pavement near the former Witten-Annen Süd train station.
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    August 18, 2020

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    Planet path of class 9b of the Ruhr Gymnasium on a scale of 1: 700,000,000
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    The planet trail along the Rheinischer Esel in Witten is a true-to-scale educational trail that illustrates the dimensions of our solar system. This project was initiated by students from class 9b at the Ruhr-Gymnasium, who set up information boards about the individual planets along a section of the Rheinischer Esel. 

    The educational trail begins with a large yellow representation of the sun near the former Witten-Annen Süd train station. From there, the trail leads along the former railway line, with the distances between the planet stations being in proportion to the actual distances in space. 
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    Location: Witten, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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