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Earth
Pershing Square
📍 The gum splotches on the sidewalk here run about five times the size of the entire planet at this scale. Look up, too: the stone statue over Grand Central's 42nd Street face carries a giant Tiffany & Co. clock, with the Chrysler Building just visible past its shoulder.
At true scale: 0.27 in (7 mm) across
About this place
Home, at 0.27 inches across and 277 feet from the Sun. The Moon would orbit about 8 inches out — close enough to hold the whole system in your hands.
While you're here
- Grand Central's 42nd Street façade Worth seeing The stone statuary group and its oversized Tiffany & Co. clock — the Chrysler Building peeks out just to the right.
Next stop →
About-face and cross 42nd Street (watch for cabs) into Pershing Square — Mars sits roughly halfway down.
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