← NYC Grand Central Solar System Walk

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Mercury

Zaro's Family Bakery, Grand Central

📍 Grab a coffee or something sweet at the counter — Mercury at this scale is roughly the size of a sesame seed on top of one of the pastries.

At true scale: 0.11 in (2.7 mm) across

About this place

Mercury is a tenth of an inch across here — smaller than a peppercorn — and 104 feet from the clock. You reach the first planet without leaving the building.

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Turn around: the little Transit Museum gift shop directly across the corridor marks Venus.

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