Model of Sedna in Luleå, part of the Sweden Solar System – 10/17/2009 by Dag Lindgren
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sweden_Solar_System_-_Sedna_2.JPG
Someone in Sweden seriously wanted to win the class diorama in a shoebox science project.
In 1998, Sweden started a Solar System project where the Sun, planets, and various other features of the Solar System (including the termination shockwave) plays out in a scale of 1 to 20 million. The rocky planets are close to the sun, all located in and around Stockholm. The balance stretches the length of the country.
The models are owned and maintained by their makers, and is coordinated by the Swedish Astronomical Society. (Sweden Solar System) At present count in 2022, there are 25 parts to the model.
How did I not know this existed before now?!? I now have something for my bucket travel list.
Bibliography
Hargreaves, Andy. “Sweden Solar System.” YouTube. January 2, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBjKCG-BKo – last viewed 12/20/2022.
Sweden Solar System. “The Sweden Solar System.” (undated). http://www.swedensolarsystem.se/en/ – last viewed 12/20/2022.
wikivoyage. “Sweden Solar System.” (undated) https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sweden_Solar_System#:~:text=Sweden%20Solar%20System%20is%20the,are%20scattered%20across%20northern%20Sweden. – last viewed 12/20/2022.