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=Somerset Space Walk=
 * (Below heading for Sandbox use only)

Article went live lunchtime 20 Sept 2010

Remaining tasks:
 * Gallery of planet model pics ✅
 * Find dead link:(~6.3MB)
 * Find the ref for 'the newspaper cutting'
 * Add refs for PPARC and COPUS are on the Space Walk leaflets
 * Text for Earth plaque is no longer available from the SCC webpage -- need to make sure that the Commons photos show the text!
 * From the calculations: [Assumption]: An information panel on the Sun model indicates the size and distance of the nearest star. [The pdf leaflet implies that this distance is stated somewhere, and this is the logical place for it!]
 * Request archiving the links, particularly:

Also, copied from ToDo page:

Somerset Space Walk
Using Sandbox 2 and aiming for a DYK - should be easy
 * 1) Create in sandbox
 * 2) See Forest of Dean Sculpture Trail for suitable categories
 * 3) Useful personal webpage (Wheeler family) of walk (with further links and set of photos)
 * 4) See Otford (also mentioned on prev. link) for 'claim'
 * 5) See Solar system model which seems to miss the Somerset model!
 * 6) See Sweden Solar System which is generally regarded as the largest scale model...
 * 7) add links: Waterscape.com, leaflet (pdf)
 * 8) Add text+refs from the pdf leaflet
 * 9) Continue using the Waterscape.com page for snippets (but use other refs first)
 * 10) Pictures of Sun and Jupiter available at Geograph (NOT available at STE!!)
 * 11) Utilise Parrett People Issue 15
 * 12) Any sign of refs to walk at http://www.somerset-waterways.org/ (who are associated with the model)? It is mentioned, in passing.
 * 13) Calculate distance of Mars from Sun
 * 14) Add coords of Sun model Someone else can do this!
 * 15) Email Somerset Waterways Development Trust or Somerset County Council with queries (see below) done + partly successful
 * 16) Once 'live', add to:
 * 17) *Bridgwater and Taunton Canal✅
 * 18) *List of visitor attractions in Somerset✅
 * 19) *Solar system model✅
 * 20) *Committee on the Public Understanding of Science - check ref first
 * 21) *Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council - check ref first - might as well!
 * 22) *WikiProject Somerset (add WikiProject Somerset to talk page)✅
 * 23) Determine suitable 'hook' for DYK + submit -- see article talk page
 * 24) Create (hidden) table of coords for each planet and then contact Andy Mabbott Someone else can do this!

Queries:
Questions to put to Somerset CC/SWDT (particularly looking for references, but simple confirmation is a good start!)
 * What are the pillars made of (stone/concrete/other)? Concrete - see Youngman email
 * What are the models made of (stainless steel?) Steel, definitely, stainless?
 * How big is the Sun model? 14 tons! (see cutting)
 * How tall are the other models?
 * Who wrote the captions, was it Pip Youngman? Yes
 * Was Pip Youngman a Somerset resident (he has a local contact number in an old copy of the pdf leaflet)? Yes
 * Is there information about the 'nearest star' on the Sun model? -- what is it? Yes - see Mum's photos!
 * When were the models refurbished? Isn't "2007" enough?
 * Anything else you can tell us...? No...