The Otford Solar System is a scale model built in 1999 to celebrate the new millennium. The scale is 1:4,595,700,000, so one millimeter is equivalent to 4,595.7 kilometers. All the planets of our Solar System are located in their relative positions at midnight on January 1, 2000. Each planet is shown as a scaled engraving on a sun-sized stainless steel disc on the top of a three-foot-tall white concrete column. The sun and planets out to Jupiter are all on the village recreation ground and the remaining planets can be…
