EXPERIENCE THE WORLD BIGGEST

SOLAR SYSTEM MODEL

Image: ESA

About

Sweden solar System

The Sweden Solar System (SSS) is the world’s largest model of our planetary system. The Sun is represented by the Globe in Stockholm, the largest spherical building in the world, and the planets are lined up in direction north from here.

Distances and sizes are scaled according to 1:20 million, and the inner planets are all in the Stockholm area. The outer planets follow in the same direction with for instance Neptune in Söderhamn and the dwarf planet Pluto in Delsbo, 300 km from the Globe. A number of minor planets and comets also populate SSS, which now extends from the very south to the very north of Sweden.

There is a host institution for each model. SSS is a pedagogical instrument and conveys a direct feeling of the enormous distances in space, and how small the planets are compared to the Sun. Art, mythology and science merge in this project, and SSS connects to different places and activities in Sweden.

The System is coordinated by the Swedish Astronomical Society.

Overview

Stations

Image: NASA

25 stations

to explore all over Sweden

Learn more

about the solar system. There is a lot to explore about each objec.

Find the destination

Each station has an information page where you can find coordinates of the station and directions to the destination