Go on an adventure through our solar system, no rockets required! The solar system has been shrunk to a size that can fit into the city of Norwich. Your starting point will be this sun which has been scaled down so that its diameter is 1m. It's diameter is really 1,400,000km. Your journey starts at the bin at the top of the steps at the Forum. This is about 1m high (the Sun's diameter is really the height of 1,400,000,000 bins on top of one another) During your adventure you will zoom to the distant edge of our solar system (aka Norwich’s ring road) stopping off at 5 planets along the way. This scale model, accurate in the sizes and distances between the planets makes it clear that Earth is a tiny fragile resource in our universe which needs to be cared for. After people's feedback, this cache is no longer sequential. The complicated number work was done using https://thinkzone.wlonk.com/SS/SolarSystemModel.php Developed for Norwich Eco Hub as part of their 2023 Eco Expedition.
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