Links

If so inclined, to honor the memory of glass artist, Jamus Todd-Stone, and to act as a perpetual reminder of the vastness of our universe and our important place within it, donations can be made at  https://sustainableconnections.org/donate-in-memory/.
All donations will be used only to support this community artwork and ensure that this legacy is completed and maintained for generations.  We are all stardust…..

Local Links

Online Models

NASA ‘Eyes on the Solar System‘ – fantastic 3D model of the Solar System showing orbits of the planets, comets, moons and satellites etc…..

Solar System Live – an interactive Orrery by John Walker; plots planetary positions and orbits at different dates and times

Phrenopolis Virtual Scale Model of the Solar System – an online model to scroll through; or display on a screen half a mile wide!

Troy Brophy Virtual Scale Model of the Solar System – another online model

Bob Jenkin’s applet for a model of the Solar System – shows movements and orbits of the planets around the sun starting 1 January 1999

Solar System Models – USA

Planet Walk, Baltimore, Maryland – Planet walk sculpture trail depicting the planets in Ann Arundel County, Maryland USA.

The Colorado Scale Model Solar System – Scale model solar system shows planetary sizes and distances on the campus of the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Cleveland Metroparks Planet Walk – planet walk in Cleveland, Ohio.

Scale Model Solar System, Eugene, Oregon – scale model planet walk in Eugene, Oregon.

Cumberland Pennsy Trail Solar System Model – scale model trail in Cumberland, Indiana

University of Delaware Scale Solar System Model – University of Delaware

Gainsville Solar Walk – sculptural walk depicting the Solar System, City of Gainsville, Florida

The Maine Solar System – 40-mile drive of a scale solar system model, University of Maine

Peoria Solar System Model – Lakeview Community Solar System scale model, Peoria, Illinois 

Montshire Museum of Science planetary walk – trail walk of a scale solar system model, Monthsire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont

Carl Sagan Planetary Walk, Ithaca, New York – scale model of the solar system walk, the Commons, Ithaca, New York

The Yoyage Project – model solar system, the Mall, Washington DC

Planet Trek Dane County – 24-mile trail scale model of the solar system, Madison, Wisconsin

Solar System Models – Europe & Rest of the World

SpacedOut UK – 18 sites and installations located around the UK representing various objects within our Solar System

Somerset Space Walk – sculpture trail model of the solar system along the towpath of the 22-kilometre (14-mile) Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, Somerset 

Cycle the Solar System, York – Scale model of the Solar System spread out along 6.4 miles (10 km) of the old East Coast main-line railway, York.

The Great Kendal Solar System Scale Model – temporary scale solar system model walk in Kendal, Cumbria

Planetary Walk, Drebach, Germany – Planet trail is about 6 km long between Ehrenfriedersdorf to Drebach, Saxony, Germany.

Planetary trail, Gottingen, Germany – Planetary trail Gottingen, Germany

Solar System Model, Hagen, Germany – scale model showing planets in various orbitary positions, Hagen, Germany

Planetary walk, Munich, Germany – Inter-planetary Walk from the Deutsches Museum to the Munich zoo, Munich, Germany

Planetary trail, Vaduz, Lichtenstein – scale planetary trail along the Vorgründerweg, Vaduz, Lichtenstein

Planetary Trail, St Luc, Switzerland – 6km trail with sculptures of the planets near the FXB Observatory, St Luc, Switzerland 

Planetary Trail, Zurich, Switzerland – planetary trail from the Uetliberg station to Felsenegg, Zurich, Switzerland 

Sweden Solar System – Scale Model of the Solar System planets and various other bodies arrayed across Sweden, centred on the Sun in Stokholm  

Ursa Solar System Model, Helsinki, Finland – scale model of the solar system arrayed around Helsinki, Finland

Scale Model, Zagreb, Croatia – scale depiction of the solar system in Zagreb, Croatia

Planetary Trail, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic – 6.5km trail with scale models of planets, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Scale Model Solar System, Melbourne, Australia – 5.9km scale planetary trail around Port Phillips Bay, Melbourne, Australia

About Solar System Models

Wikipedia – Web page on Solar System Models

Solar System Model Calculator – online tool for calculating solar system scale models

Exploratorium Solar System Model Calculator – online tool for calculating solar system scale models

National Optical Astronomy Observatory – Online version of ‘The Thousand Yard Model’ by Guy Ottewell

Space.y2u.co.uk – About Solar System Models

reference.com – Web page on Solar System Models

About the Solar System

Wikipedia – Web page on the Solar System

Lunar & Planetary Institute – Home page for the LPI a division of the Universities Space Research Association

National Optical Astronomy Observatory – Homepage

Nineplanets.org – Homepage

Anton Vamplew Starry Skies – Homepage

Scaled Model Calculator