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Pajamäki Solar System Scale Model

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in 1992. Its scale is 1:1 000 000 000, i.e. one to one billion, so that 1 millimeter in the model corresponds to 1 000 kilometers in the actual Solar System. The coordinates given for the model are those for the Sun in Patterinmäki.
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Ikola, Vilma. "Aurinkokuntamalli on unohdettu aarre, johon voi tutustua kävellen" [‘The solar system scale model is a forgotten jewel, to which one can acquaint oneself on foot’].
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in the scale of the Solar System. In the model, the speed of light would be only 0,3 m/s or ca. 1.08 km/h. One light year in the same scale would be 9 460 km.
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in the scale model differ from the planets, they are presented as holes in a steel plate. The distance between the Earth and the Moon is also in scale. Although the
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are placed on concrete posts so that their distances to the sun are in scale. The sizes of the planets are also in scale: e.g. the size of
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is only 4.9 millimeters. There are explanatory texts on the model and the planets near the models in special tables. The texts are in
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is in reality 12 760 kilometers, but in the scale model it is only just a little over a
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lost its status as a planet in 2006, it is included in the scale model, together with its
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People walking from one object to another get a clear picture of the
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The Solar System Scale Model in the Ursa website (including a map)
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At the corner of Pitäjänmäentie and Höyläämötie, in front of
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The model of Uranus in a folly near Villa Elfvik in Espoo.
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60°13′17″N 24°51′20″E / 60.22139°N 24.85556°E / 60.22139; 24.85556


Solar System
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Finland
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Pajamäki
diameter
planets
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Finnish
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the Earth
centimeter
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dwarf planet
Pluto
moon
Charon
speed of light
The Sun
Mercury
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