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==MIT's Infinite Solar System model== In 2018, MIT professor [[Richard Binzel]] installed a 1:30,000,000,000 ratio [[Solar System model]] along 200 m of the Infinite Corridor at the third floor level. Each full-color plaque shows the to-scale size of a planet, along with an enlarged image and some basic data.<ref name="InfSolar">{{cite web |title=Infinite Solar System |url=https://eaps.mit.edu/infinite-solar-system/ |website=Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=2024-11-19}}</ref><ref name=Binzel>{{cite web |last1=Binzel |first1=Richard P. |title=Corralling the cosmos in the Infinite Corridor |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/10/24/132399/corralling-the-cosmos-in-the-infinite-corridor/ |website=MIT Technology Review |access-date=2022-03-05 |language=en |date=October 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Keller">{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Julia C. |title=An Infinite solar system |url=https://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-infinite-corridor-solar-system-1116 |website=MIT News |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=2022-03-05 |language=en |date=November 16, 2018}}</ref> At the scale of the model, the [[speed of light]] reduces to 1 cm/s, so that by walking normally, a viewer can attain warp speed, exceeding the cosmic speed limit.<ref name="InfSolar"/><ref name="Binzel"/> In addition to a printed brochure, a free online self-guided tour is available.<ref name="InfSolar"/>
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