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    Map of Sweden Solar System

    Sweden Solar System is the world's largest permanent scale model of the Solar system on the scale 1 to 20 million. The inner bodies can be found in and around Stockholm, and the outer bodies are scattered across northern Sweden.

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    Uranus in Lövstabruk

    Since the inception in 1998, some of the models have been replaced or removed.

    • 1 Globen (Sun) (Södermalm, Stockholm). The Globen arena represents the Sun. Avicii Arena (Q32926) on Wikidata Avicii Arena on Wikipedia
    • 2 Stockholm City Museum (Mercury) (Södermalm, Stockholm). The Mercury model is located on the museum courtyard. Stockholm City Museum (Q1933896) on Wikidata Stockholm City Museum on Wikipedia
    • 3 Vetenskapens hus (House of Science) (Venus) (Östermalm, Stockholm). On the Albanova campus. (Q10714696) on Wikidata
    • 4 Natural History Museum (Earth and Moon) (Östermalm, Stockholm). Earth and Moon are on natural distance from each other at Cosmonova, the omnitheatre. Swedish Museum of Natural History (Q1420103) on Wikidata Swedish Museum of Natural History on Wikipedia
    • 5 Mörby Centrum (Mars) (Stockholm's northern suburbs). Mörby centrum (Q1958076) on Wikidata Mörby centrum on Wikipedia
    • 6 Stockholm Arlanda Airport (Jupiter). Represented by an illuminated ring in the ceiling of Sky City. Stockholm Arlanda Airport (Q223499) on Wikidata Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Wikipedia
    • Saturn: Uppsala. As of 2024, Uppsala has no physical model of Saturn, though some of the city's schools have models of Saturn's moons.
    • 7 Lövstabruk (Uranus) (Tierp). Lövstabruk (Q1966481) on Wikidata Lövstabruk on Wikipedia
    • 8 Söderhamn (Neptune), Strykjärnsparken.
    • 9 Delsbo (Pluto and Charon), Furugatan 1E.
    • Ixion: Härnösand
    • Eris: Umeå
    • Sedna: Luleå
    • Termination shockwave: Kiruna
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    Jupiter in Örebro's smaller Solar System

    A smaller scale model of the Solar System, 2.5 km long and with a diameter of the Sun at 76 cm, can be found along the main road of Örebro. Each sphere is accompanied by a descriptive plaque.

    See also

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    • Astronomy
    • Space
    • Akaa, Finland – Toijala has a model in scale 1:3,000,000,000, with the solar system in town, Voyager 1 in neighbouring Viiala, and Proxima Centauri as outlier in Yulara, Australia.
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