Leonora Christine scaled one in one thousand

This is the spaceship where it takes place the hard science fiction novel Tau Zero, by Poul Anderson. It is perhaps the longest lasting and most massive spacecraft of the entire science fiction. It was designed using SolidWorks 2018 with a sketch of the side of the ship that I cannot track where is originally from, and following some description from the story. The model was designed in four scales: 1:500 ; 1:600 ; 1:1000 ; 1:3000 . The first three scales are divide in ten parts, while the last and smaller one is divided into four parts.
The file's names explained: name_1_x_10_y.stl is 1 : x * 10^y. So _1_6_10_7 is 1:600000000 or one in 60 million.

Parts of the model

The size of Leonora Christine

Although you can get a good idea of the shape of spaceship with the description in the book, the author never gave a solid clue about it size. At first I compared with other Bussard ramjet based spacecraft, and I calculated a 2000 m length for the Leonora Christina. However this raise a problem: a spaceship of this size must be craft in orbit, most likely in a low Earth orbit, which maximal height is 2000 km. In the book the main characters see the ship orbiting from Earth's surface as a "small star"; an object of that size, orbiting that close, would be more resoluble than a simple point. The naked eye can resolve as low as 1 minute of arc so, I took this info to calculate a max size of 580 m. On the other hand, the tip of the spacecraft would not be as visible as the rest of it; so to approximate an "effective diameter" of the light reflected by the ship I "blured" an image of the model side view until I had an ellipsoidal spot. This blur spot is about 75% the original length, so the new calculated length about 770 m. Anyway this is a max size, but I think it is a good estimate, because the habitable part is 50 m diameter in its wider section, comfortable enough for 50 people.

The Leonora Christine with its simulated light reflected.

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Other astronomical objects

Object	Scale [1:x] K = 103 (thousand) M = 106 (million) G = 109 (billion)	Image
Inner Solar System
Mercury	20M, 60M, 120M
Venus	60M, 120M, 250M
Earth	60M, 120M, 250M
Luna	10M, 20M, 60M
Mars	20M, 60M, 120M
Phobos and Deimos	200K, 500K
Man-made
Salyut 7	40, 48, 80, 160
Near Earth Asteroids
Moshup and Squannit	8K, 20K, 40K
Ra-Shalom	20K, 40K
Castalia	8K, 20K, 40K
Bacchus	8K, 20K
Bennu	3K, 8K
Ryugu	3K, 8K, 20K
Geographos	40K, 80K
Phaethon	40K, 80K
Itokawa	3K, 8K
Eros	80K, 200K, 500K
Nereus	3K, 8K
Didymos and Dimorphos	8K, 20K
Mithra	20K, 40K
Golevka	8K
Toutatis	40K, 80K
Main Asteroid Belt
Gaspra	200K
Annefrank	40K, 80K
Braille	20K, 40K
Vesta	2M, 4M, 10M
Šteins	40K, 80K, 200K
Iris	2M, 4M
Hebe	1M, 2M, 4M
Lutetia	500K, 1M, 2M
Julia	1M, 2M, 4M
Mathilde	500K, 1M
Juno	2M, 4M
Ceres	4M, 10M
Pallas	4M, 10M
Kleopatra	2M, 4M
Ida	500K, 1M
Psyche	2M, 4M
Interamnia	2M, 4M
Hygiea	2M, 4M, 10M
Antiope	1M, 2M
Jovian System
Jupiter	500M, 1G
Amalthea	2M, 4M
Thebe	1M, 2M
Io	20M, 60M
Europa	20M, 60M
Ganymede	60M, 120M
Callisto	60M, 120M
Saturn System
Saturn	500M, 1G
Pan, Daphnis and Atlas	80K, 200K, 500K, 1M
Prometheus and Pandora	1M, 2M
Janus and Epimetheus	2M, 4M
Mimas	2M, 4M, 10M
Methone, Anthe and Pallene	40K, 80K
Enceladus	4M, 10M
Tethys	4M, 10M, 20M
Telesto and Calypso	200K, 500K
Dione	4M, 10M, 20M
Helene	500K, 1M
Rhea	10M, 20M
Titan	60M, 120M
Hyperion	2M, 4M
Iapetus	10M, 20M
Phoebe	1M, 2M, 4M
Uranian System
Uranus	250M, 500M, 1G
Puck	1M, 2M, 4M
Miranda	4M, 10M
Ariel	10M, 20M
Umbriel	10M, 20M
Titania	10M, 20M
Oberon	10M, 20M
Neptunian System
Neptune	250M, 500M, 1G
Larissa	2M, 4M
Proteus	2M, 4M, 10M
Triton	20M
Comets
Tempel 1	40K, 80K, 200K
Wild 2	40K, 80K
Churyumov-Gerasimenko	20K, 40K, 80K
Hartley 2	20K, 40K, 80K
Borrelly	40K, 80K, 200K
Halley	80K, 200K
Centaurs and TNOs
Hidalgo	500K, 1M
Chariklo	2M, 4M
Pluto and Charon	10M, 20M
Styx, Nix, Kerberos and Hydra	500K, 1M
Haumea, Namaka and Hiʻiaka	10M, 20M
Arrokoth	200K, 500K, 1M
Largest TNOs and their moons	10M, 20M
Extrasolar
Exoplanets	120M, 250M, 500M
Nearest white dwarfs	120M, 250M
HD 189733 b	1G
Pulsars	200K, 500K
Cygnus X-1 accretion disk	10M, 20M
M87* photon ring	1.5*1014
Sky maps
Heliosphere	7.5*1013, 1.5*1014
Constellations	-
CMBR	2*1028
Ancient
Earth (540 Mya to 20 Mya)	60M, 120M, 250M
Luna (4 Gya)	20M, 60M
Speculative
Planet Nine	250M, 500M
Cube planet	60M, 120M, 250M
Science Fiction
Ghroth	4M, 10M
Arda	60M, 120M
Life Foundation rocket	160, 200, 350, 500
B612	10, 20, 32, 40
Mesklin	500M, 1G
Arrakis	60M, 120M
Borg cube	8K, 20K, 40K
Pern	60M, 120M
Europa Monolith	200K, 500K
Leonora Christine	500, 600, 1K, 3K
Rama	80K, 200K, 500K
Death Star	500K, 1M, 2M
Starkiller Base	2M, 4M, 10M
Z-95	40, 80, 160, 200
Eternia	60M, 120M
Visitors mothership	20K, 40K
Wheel of Time Earth	60M, 120M, 250M
Nirn, Secunda and Masser	20M, 60M, 120M
ID mothership	2M, 4M, 10M
ID troop transporter	200, 350, 500, 1K
Heptapod spaceship	1K, 3K, 8K
Gaijin flowership	3K
Red Moon	60M, 120M
Halo Array	4M, 10M, 20M, 60M
Gem Homeworld	120M, 250M, 500M
Citadel of Ricks	200K
The Skeld	40, 80, 160, 200, 350, 500
Misc
Mars (1962 reconstruction)	60M, 120M
Flat Earth	250M
Expanding Earth	60M, 120M
Spaceship of Ezekiel	80, 160