Mercury
The model of the planet Mercury on the yard of the museum is part of the Sweden Solar System – the largest model of the solar system in the world. The giant spherical sports arena ”Globen” i Stockholm represents the sun. The scale is 1:20,000,000 and - accordingly - Mercury is 25 cm in diameter at a distance of 2.9 km from Globen. The model continues northwards through Sweden. The model of Mercury is heated and always kept warm, after all - Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.
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Famous quotes containing the word mercury:
“The mercury sank in the mouth of the dying day.
What instruments we have agree
The day of his death was a dark cold day.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)