Solar System, Hysly, Czech Republic
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N 49° 01.529 E 017° 10.878
33U E 659459 N 5432581
Solar System Model and unique double sundials in small Moravian village Hýsly
Waymark Code: WMF6CP
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 08/30/2012
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Model of the Solar system
The Solar system is called a system with planets orbiting around a star, the Sun. Among those planets is our very own planet Earth. The Mass of the sun is perhaps 330 000 times greater than the mass of the Earth and accounts for 99,8% of the mass of the solar system. The diameter of the sun is roughly 1 400 000 km, which is around 109 Earth diameters. Besides Earth, the Solar system is made up of eight planets, over 150 moons, and small bodies like asteroids, comets and meteors.
In order of their distances from the Sun, the eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
For illustration of distances in the solar system the Astronomical unit was developed. The astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length based on the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The value of one AU is nearly 150 million kilometres. For example Jupiter is orbiting at 5,2AU, which means that nothing else besides Jupiter orbits 5,2 times from sun, compared to Earth.
About Hýsly
Hýsly is a small village in Hodonín district in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 389 inhabitants. Its first historical mention is in 1131.
About Hýsly solar system model
A model of solar system complements the unique combination of double sundials (
visit link) . Stainless steel tube is inclined at an angle of forty-nine degrees, which is located around the granite blocks representing each face of the planet as well.
The model is created on the area of cca 30 square meters. Individual planets and their moons are made from granite blocks. Each cube/planet is marked by character and astronomical symbol. Sun has the shape of bee cell and a sting (tube) leads from its center. The tube is part of the double sundial.