Number 201 (Story #3), November 3, 1994 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein THE WORLD'S LARGEST SCALE MODEL OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM begins in Peoria, Illinois at the Lakeview Museum. In this model (where 42 ft=1 million miles) the sun is painted on the 36 ft.-diameter dome of the museum's planetarium. Mercury (1.5 in. diameter) is at a nearby store, Venus sits in a bank lobby, and Earth (4 in. diameter) is lodged at a gas station. The rest of the solar system is positioned as follows: Mars is at a radio station; Jupiter (3 ft., 9 in.) is four miles from the sun at the Peoria Public Library; Saturn (90 in. including the rings) is at the local airport; Uranus 15 miles distant rests at a school in the town of Pekin; Neptune 23 miles away in Roanoke at a Dodge dealership; and Pluto 40 miles away from the sun at a furniture store in Kewanee, Illinois. Affiliated with the scheme are a number of comets and asteroids in places such as Evansville, IN, Bowling Green, OH, and, further afield yet, in Ecuador, Chile, and Russia. (For more information, contact Sheldon Shafer at 309-686-7000.)