The HUGE 5.9km Scale Model Solar System!

There's a 5.9km 1 : 1 BILLION scale model of the Solar System along Melbourne's coastline. Planets and moons positioned and sized to scale on a one to one billion scale. Explore the model and see how the planets are represented in today's video.

Most people don't know that This 5.9 km Solar System Model is Built to Scale and walk right past it. But it's To Scale: The Solar System. See all the model planets, how the 1:1,000,000,000 scale works, and explore this feature of the Melbourne Port Philip Bay seafront. Enjoy this Melbourne Solar System Walk video.

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[geoffj]

I can't believe how powerful gravity is. When you stand beside Pluto which is tiny, and see how far away and how small the sun is at that scale, it's just mind bending to think they are locked together by gravity.

[edl]

The coolest thing is when you realize you can actually travel faster then light in the model.

[samuelsalita]

Love the addition of Proxima Centauri, and how it's distance is also to scale

[jimday]

That Proxima Centauri scale distance was cleverly put there! Kudos

[edonslow]

Love what they did proxima centuri, that's genius.

[XXXX-ycwv]

Man, public art usually sucks, but this installation is incredible! The Proxima Centauri addition is hilarious!

[Pitx]

5:39
2.3mm not 23mm ;)

Very cool model. If I ever happen to be around there, I definitely want to check it out. ^^

[trogdorbu]

Fun fact - we often think of the speed of light as fast, but against the vast distances of space, it's incredibly slow. You can maybe appreciate this in this model if you time yourself.

If you reach Neptune in less than 4 hours, you've travelled faster than the model scale speed of light. At 4.5km, that's easy work for most.

[agx]

5:13
idk why but seeing pluto included i am so happy
its like u include that quite kid that lives alone to a party :D

[AndrewMorison_morrie]

Lived all my life in Melbourne and didn't realise that this art installation existed.. Thanks for informing even those from old Melbourne town.. :)

[michaelfink]

Hi Steph, nice trip through the solar system. Couple of corrections: 1. 0.23 cm is 2.3 mm, not 23 mm; 2. the diagram at the end of your video has Earth at 0.1 km from the sun and Venus at 0.15 km; these should be reversed.

[ryttyr]

Did you know that Sweden have a massive scale model of the solar system as well? Except that our model is a biiit bigger, with the sun being represented by the Avicii Arena building (formerly known as Globen or the Ericsson Globe Arena) and the entire model as a whole stretching for almost the entire length of the country. Besides all of the planets it also includes, I believe all, of the dwarf planets as well as a couple of comets that orbits the sun.

[davegrundgeiger]

I grew up with Pluto in the family, so I'm glad it was invited to this family photo.

[Laceykat]

Actually, Venus is considered the "sister planet" to the Earth due to its size. Mars has never been considered a "sister, " only the best planet to try and land on right now.
Something I am sure they did not include in this fantastic model is the Asteroid Belt, which is wider than the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
Great video, thank you.

[northislandguy]

Fun video and a real win they included Pluto - Well done Melbourne 🤙🏽

[RatedVideos]

We have the same thing in Sweden (worlds biggest model solar system), however with buildings/locations with a scale of 1:20 millions. The Swedish Solar System. We've got the Sun (Globen), Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon and Mars all in Stockholm. With rest of the outer planets/dwarfs spread across rest of Sweden. Jupiter in Arlanda Airport, Saturn in Uppsala all the way up in north we've got Sedna which is located in Luleå. You could take your bicycle but would take some time =)

[kieran]

Ive been a melbourne resident for 20 years, literally drove right past this TWICE 2 days ago and had zero idea it even existed until now!

[Wertsir]

I built a 1:1 scale model of the solar system, but for some reason almost nobody ever visits it and when they do they always start from earth. Its odd.

[JustinRoberts]

We've had one of these in my town since 2004 along a popular pedestrian trail and it's always fun to walk along it and realize how much distance is between some of these planets!

[Mizt_Sim]

It was wild that Proxima Centauri is a globe’s circumference away from the scale sun