Everlasting scale mannequin of the Photo voltaic System
The Sweden Photo voltaic System is the world’s largest everlasting scale model of the Solar System. The Sun is represented by the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, the second-largest hemispherical constructing on the planet. The inside planets may also be present in Stockholm however the outer planets are located northward in different cities alongside the Baltic Sea. The system was began by Nils Brenning, professor on the Royal Institute of Expertise in Stockholm, and Gösta Gahm, professor on the Stockholm College.[1][2] The mannequin represents the Photo voltaic System on the size of 1:20 million.[3]
Avicii Enviornment, representing the Solar within the Sweden Photo voltaic System
The our bodies represented on this mannequin embrace the Sun, the planets (and a few of their moons), dwarf planets and lots of sorts of small our bodies (comets, asteroids, trans-Neptunians, and many others.), in addition to some summary ideas (just like the Termination Shock zone). Due to the existence of many small our bodies in the true Solar System, the mannequin can all the time be additional elevated.
The Sun is represented by the Avicii Arena (Globen), Stockholm, which is the second-largest hemispherical constructing on the planet, 110 m (360 ft) in diameter. To respect the size, the globe represents the Solar together with its corona.
Mercury (25 cm (9.8 in) in diameter) is positioned at Stockholm City Museum, 2,900 m (1.8 mi) from the Globe. The small metallic sphere was constructed by the artist Peter Varhelyi.
Venus (62 cm (24 in) in diameter) is positioned at Vetenskapens Hus at KTH (Royal Institute of Expertise), 5,500 m (3.4 mi) from the Globe. The earlier mannequin, made by the United States artist Daniel Oberti, was inaugurated on 8 June 2004, throughout a Venus transit and positioned at KTH. It fell and shattered round 11 June 2011. Because of development work on the location of the earlier mannequin of Venus it was eliminated and as of October 2012 can’t be seen. The present mannequin now at Vetenskapens Hus was beforehand situated on the Observatory Museum in Stockholm (now closed).
Earth (65 cm (26 in) in diameter) is situated on the Swedish Museum of Natural History (Cosmonova), 7,600 m (4.7 mi) from the Globe. Satellite tv for pc photos of the Earth are exhibited beside the Globe. An elaborate mannequin of the Moon (18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter) can also be on show, about 20 meters from the mannequin of Earth.
Mars (35 cm (14 in) in diameter) is situated at Mörby centrum, a procuring centre and Stockholm metro station in Danderyd, a suburb of Stockholm. It’s 11.6 km (7.2 mi) from the Globe. The mannequin, made in copper by the Finnish artist Heikki Haapanen, is linked by an “umbilical wire” to a metal plate on the ground having an Earth picture.[4] The globe additionally options marks that characterize some typical Martian chemical parts.
Jupiter (7.3 m (24 ft) in diameter) is positioned contained in the Clarion Hotel situated at Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sigtuna Municipality, 40 km (25 mi) from the Globe. Beforehand, it was made as a flower ornament, with completely different flowers representing completely different zones of the large fuel planet. Immediately, the planet is depicted as a hoop gentle above a foyer.[5]
Saturn (6.1 m (20 ft) in diameter) is positioned outdoors the outdated observatory of Anders Celsius, within the so-called Celsius Sq., within the centre of Uppsala, 73 km (45 mi) from the Globe. Inaugurated through the International Year of Astronomy,[6] the mannequin is a mat with an image of Saturn, however will finally develop to crown a faculty planetarium within the metropolis. As well as, a number of faculties in Uppsala are to offer moons of Saturn: the primary accomplished was Enceladus (diameter 2.5 cm or 0.98 in) at Kvarngärdesskolan.[7]
Uranus (2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) in diameter) was vandalized and the brand new mannequin was reconstructed behind Stora magasinet in Lövstabruk in 2012. It’s an outside mannequin manufactured from blue metal bars. The rotation axis of the planet is marked in pink.[8]
2.5-m illustration of Neptune, by the river Söderhamnsån in Söderhamn
Neptune (2.5 m in diameter) is situated by the river Söderhamnsån in Söderhamn, a coast city with custom of fishing and sailing (which pertains to Neptune being the deity of the seas). Positioned 229 km (142 mi) from the Globe, the mannequin is manufactured from acrylic and, at night time, shines with a blue gentle.
Pluto (12 cm (4.7 in) in diameter) and its largest moon Charon are positioned close to the southern of the Dellen lakes, in Delsbo, 300 km (190 mi) from the Globe. The lakes are regarded as shaped by a meteorite influence 90 million years in the past. The 2 our bodies’ sculptures are supported by two gravelike pillars (as Pluto is the deity for death), made up with dellenite, a uncommon mineral shaped at that place by the meteorite influence.
Haumea (8.5cm (3.3 in) in diameter) and its moons are depicted within the 2047 Science Centre, Borlänge, 200 km (124 mi) from the Globe.
Quaoar (6cm (2.4 in) in diameter) is situated within the library in Gislaved, 340 km from the Globe.
Ixion (6.5 cm (2.6 in) in diameter), a dwarf planet candidate, is situated at Technichus, a science heart in Härnösand, 360 km (224 mi) from the Globe. The sculpture is an orb held by a hand with the arm. This plutino was found by a crew which included scientists from Uppsala.
Makemake (7cm (2.8 in) in diameter) is situated at Slottsskogsobservatoriet, an observatory in Gothenburg, 400 km (249 mi) from the Globe.
‘Oumuamua (0.3 mm (0.012 in) in diameter) is positioned within the village of Plönninge, Halland, 440 km (273 mi) from the Globe.
Gonggong (7.5 cm (3.0 in) in diameter) is positioned close to the Tycho Brahe Observatory in Oxie, Malmö, 500 km (311 mi) from the Globe.
Eris (13 cm (5.1 in) in diameter) is situated at Umestans Företagspark, Umeå, 518 km (322 mi) from the Globe. Made by Theresa Berg, the golden mannequin is impressed by the legendary story of Eris sparking a quarrel between three Greek goddesses with a golden apple bearing the inscription καλλίστῃ (“to essentially the most lovely one”).
Sedna (10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter), one other dwarf planet candidate, is situated at Teknikens Hus, a science heart in Luleå, 734 km (456 mi) from the Globe.
The near-Earth ObjectEros is situated at Mörbyskolan, a faculty in Danderyd Municipality (the place Mars is situated), 11 km (6.8 mi) from the Globe. It was created as a Valentine’s Day venture in gold, modeled after Eros, the god of affection. The scale are 2 × 0.7 × 0.7 mm (0.98 mm3 or 6.0×10−5 in3).
The asteroid36614 Saltis is situated at Saltsjöbaden‘s Kunskapsskola, a faculty close to the Stockholm Observatory. The asteroid was found by A. Brandeker in 2000, utilizing a telescope on the observatory, and the physique was named after the observatory’s location, Saltsjöbaden.
The asteroid 306367 Nut (a.ok.a 5025 PL for Palomar-Leiden) (0.2 mm (0.0079 in) in diameter) is situated in a park in Knivsta Municipality, 60 km (37 mi) from the Globe. It’s not a sculpture however a dot on a map of the System, positioned in entrance of Erik Ståhl‘s monumental cosmic sculptures.
Halley’s Comet is situated at Balthazar Science Center, in Skövde. Inaugurated on 16 December 2009, there are literally 4 fashions of the comet: three positioned outdoor, primarily based on schoolchildren’s drawings, plus one indoors, consisting of a laser passing via a block of glass.
Comet Swift-Tuttle is positioned at Kreativum, a science heart in Karlshamn. The comet’s orbit is closest to the Globe in inside Stockholm and farthest in Karlshamn, 390 km (240 mi) away.
