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Walk through the Solar System

  • Start date: 12/30/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 12/30/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Meeting point: Day Island Road parking closest to the duck pond. (in Alton Baker Park)

The one to a billion model is a fine addition to Eugene. We will see the planets probably starting with Mercury, then Mars, then the Earth, Venus, and stop briefly at the Sun. We will cross the deFazio bridge and walk downstream on the south side of the river past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus. If the weather is not suitable, we won’t go to Neptune. I will offer another surprise addition, although we won’t plan to view it on this walk. It is really neat, but you have to come to know where it is. I want to finish no later than noon

  • Event Leader: Smith Mike

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2020

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dress for the weather, especially should it be cold, since we will stand periodically for a few minutes.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7.5

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 50

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Six of us walked the solar system exhibit out to Neptune and learned that at the same scale, if we continued walking around the world and came back to the Eugene Science Center, we would reach Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system. Nice day to take a walk.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Smith, Mike 520-488-9569 N 1
2 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
3 Signed-Up Cannon Poindexter, Cynthia 914-844-8869 N 2
4 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
5 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
6 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
7 Signed-Up Hirsch, Connie 541-335-9280 N 2