Bike through the solar system in Madison, Wisconsinhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astronomy/2009/05/08/bike-through-the-solar-system-in-madison-wisconsin.aspxDuring the International Year of Astronomy (IYA), there’s no shortage of events and activities revolving around astronomy. Another opened in south-central Wisconsin on Monday, May 4. The Planet Trek Dane County (PTDC) scale-model solar system begins inenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)re: Bike through the solar system in Madison, Wisconsinhttp://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astronomy/2009/05/08/bike-through-the-solar-system-in-madison-wisconsin.aspx#416950Fri, 15 May 2009 17:40:23 GMT5cad643e-09e9-4c3f-b1be-205e244b4f67:416950Sirius<p>Hi, Liz. It&#39;s interesting to see that the PTDC includes Pluto as its last stop. This may not, of course, be any kind of comment on Pluto&#39;s planethood. The designers of the Trek could have left it out altogether or selected some other &quot;plutoid&quot; (Yuk!). Most likely, considering the scales involved, Pluto was as far out as they thought it practical to go -- and possible accusations of rampant traditionalism be ***!</p> <img src="http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=416950" width="1" height="1">