“Planetenweg Uetliberg” is a 2h hiking path near Zurich in Switzerland. It enables people to experience the sizes and distances between the different main bodies in our solar system. The hike starts at the sun (image above). Following the path, a hiker visits the different main bodies at a scale of 1 : 1 billion (see overview included above), that is, 1 meter on the path corresponds to 1 million kilometers in space. The sun has a diameter of 1.39m. Venus has the size of a pinhead in […]
“Planetenweg Uetliberg” is a 2h hiking path near Zurich in Switzerland. It enables people to experience the sizes and distances between the different main bodies in our solar system. The hike starts at the sun (image above). Following the path, a hiker visits the different main bodies at a scale of 1 : 1 billion (see overview included above), that is, 1 meter on the path corresponds to 1 million kilometers in space. The sun has a diameter of 1.39m. Venus has the size of a pinhead in comparison (it’s embedded in the rock in small window to the right of the panel).
Sources:
Wikipedia: Planetenweg Uetliberg [German only]. The images showing the sun and venus were taken by Roland Zh and made available via wikimedia. See here for the sun and here for venus
Added by: Yvonne Jansen, sent by: Jason Dykes.
Category:
Physical model
Tags:
solar system, walkable