Slow Squares
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The dome as the Sun, with the planets out to Jupiter, is project no. 62 in Zielona Góra’s participatory budget for 2027, with voting on 11–24 November. What is on the ballot, and how residents vote: A Walk Through the Solar System →

Scale explorer

Set the size of the Sun and see how big the planets would be, and where in Zielona Góra their orbits would fall. It starts at 13 m, the size of the Wenus planetarium dome.

13 m

Scale 1 : 110,000,000

Inside Zielona Góra

A sculpture can stand inside the city — out to Jupiter. The whole orbit, whichever way you walk — out to Mars.

To reach further, the Sun has to shrink — tap to see it:

The planets move at their true relative pace, but the dots are not to scale — their real sizes are in the bubbles and in the table.
  • Sunthe planetarium dome
    Diameter
    13 m
    From the Sun
    —
    Closest – furthest
    —
    City
    —
  • Mercury
    Diameter
    4.6 cm
    From the Sun
    541 m
    Closest – furthest
    429 m – 652 m
    City
    whole orbit
  • Venus
    Diameter
    11.3 cm
    From the Sun
    1,010 m
    Closest – furthest
    1,003 m – 1,017 m
    City
    whole orbit
  • EarthMoon 3.2 cm, 3.59 m from Earth
    Diameter
    11.9 cm
    From the Sun
    1,396 m
    Closest – furthest
    1,373 m – 1,420 m
    City
    whole orbit
  • Mars
    Diameter
    6.3 cm
    From the Sun
    2,128 m
    Closest – furthest
    1,929 m – 2,327 m
    City
    whole orbit
  • Jupiter
    Diameter
    1.31 m
    From the Sun
    7,267 m
    Closest – furthest
    6,913 m – 7,620 m
    City
    part of it
  • Saturnrings 2.54 m
    Diameter
    1.09 m
    From the Sun
    13.4 km
    Closest – furthest
    12.7 km – 14.1 km
    City
    outside
  • Uranus
    Diameter
    47.3 cm
    From the Sun
    26.8 km
    Closest – furthest
    25.5 km – 28 km
    City
    outside
  • Neptune
    Diameter
    46 cm
    From the Sun
    42.1 km
    Closest – furthest
    41.7 km – 42.6 km
    City
    outside

Further than the city

Voyager 1, on its way since 1977 and still transmitting, would be 240 km from here.

Proxima Centauri, the nearest star, would stand 375,009 km away.