The world's largest scale model of the solar system is in Sweden and stretches along most of the country:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System
I live in Stockholm (close to the sun!) and never knew any of this – thank you so much for sharing, this is awesome!
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by black_puppydog on Monday December 09, 2019 @01:19AM
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Sweden packed the inner four planets into Stockholm, with Pluto ending up 300km away. :)
The newer dwarf planets and the depiction of the termination shock however let the model expand all the way up to Kiruna.
https://twistedsifter.com/2014/10/the-sweden-solar-system-sc...
That's really cool! I recently stumbled on that installations Halley's Comet here in Skövde :)
Planet Nine would be an interesting addition here.
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by pflenker on Monday December 09, 2019 @03:23AM
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I was about to write how there is also a planet trail in Göttingen, Germany - but it turns out that there are a LOT of these trails scattered throughout Germany (List in German only [1])
Back in my youth I did not follow this trail actively, but I found it mind-boggling just how far apart from one another I would stumble over one of the planets.
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by whatusername on Monday December 09, 2019 @01:10AM
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Here's the Melbourne Australia version: http://stkildamelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/So...
I'd prefer a view of the Alps - but a view of the beach isn't too bad.
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by _Microft on Monday December 09, 2019 @02:24AM
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There is also a land art installation at the scale of 1:200,000,000 in Norway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Lofoten
Also there is a 1:680 000 000 one in Zagreb, Croatia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Views
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by daveslash on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:28AM
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There's a 40 mile (64 km) model in rural Maine (Route 1 in Aroostook County). The webpage claims it is the largest in the world (obviously not true, at least not as of today). The webpage is also delightfully early-90s-esque. http://pages.umpi.edu/nmms/solar/
Edit: There's a youtube video where some guys made a revolving (but temporary) to-scale model in the desert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4524AAZdE
There's also one in Munich, starting at the Deutsches Museum and ending at the Zoo (~ 5 km): https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/natural-scien...
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by Nannooskeeska on Monday December 09, 2019 @08:34AM
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There's one of these in Eau Claire, WI, where I went to college [0]. I used to live across the bike trail from the sun, so I made the walk several times. Always blew my mind.
[0] https://www.visiteauclaire.com/listing/eau-claire-planet-wal...
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by opminion on Monday December 09, 2019 @09:06AM
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There's 10 Km one between York (England) and Selby, a cycle path. I had a tyre puncture near Pluto...
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by arachnophobe on Monday December 09, 2019 @05:17AM
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Yet another one - on a smaller scale on the sea front in Ventnor - Isle of Wight, UK:
http://stokeywalk.blogspot.com/2015/12/launching-solar-syste...
Here's a video of something similar where they constructed a scale model of the universe in the desert: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4524AAZdE
There is the Otford Solar System in Kent, England which claims to be the largest in the world:
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by minikites on Monday December 09, 2019 @12:35PM
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There's one in Ithaca, NY too: http://www.sciencenter.org/sagan-walk.html
Just to add to the cacophony, there is one between Gif-sur-Yvette and Bures-sur-Yvette, Paris area. Its a nice walk for anyone close to the Paris-Saclay research center.
Re:If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel (2014)
by limbicsystem on Monday December 09, 2019 @12:58PM
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York reporting in:
https://www.york.ac.uk/solar/
It reminds me a lot of the "planet trail" next to Zurich, Switzerland, a trail with scale models of the sun and the planets [1]. The sun is about 1m in diameter. The earth is about 1cm in diameter, 100 or 200m away. Pluto is more than 3km down the path. Walking down that trail was the first time I realized how empty the solar system really is, and how far the giant planets really are. I highly recommend it to anyone having the opportunity, particularly with children. It gives you the same feeling of emptiness, with views of the Alps.
[1] https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/sport/planet-trail