Akaa Solar System Scale Model

Akaa Solar System Scale Model is located at the center of the city of Akaa, Finland. The sun is located at the school yard of Toijalan Yhteiskoulu –school in Toijala district.

The sun at Toijalan Yhteiskoulu -school.

The scale of the model is 1 : 3 000 000 000, meaning that each centimetre in the scale model represents 30 000 km in real life. The sun is 464 mm in diameter and the Earth is 4 mm in diameter and located 49.86 meters away from the sun. Neptune is 1500 meters away from the sun, for example. Akaa Solar System Scale Model was built in 2017 by amateur astronomer Kari-Pekka Arola.

Walking tour of Akaa Solar System Scale Model starts from the sun and all the planets are located northbound from the sun. The walking route goes throughout the center of Toijala and towards the port of Toijala, where the furthest dwarf planet Eris is located. All the planets and most notable dwarf planets are included in the scale model. Voyager 1 -spacecraft is also presented in the scale model (as the most distant manmade spacecraft) and its location is at the center of the neighbouring town Viiala, approximately 7 km away from the sun.

Map & info of the tour info is available at the website of the city of Akaa.

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