Astro-Club Malta is made up of a group of young people with a love and enthusiasm for science. The members of the group have been working to set up “Planet Walk” in Malta, for the last two years. Members work on a voluntary basis and therefore needed sponsors to be able to work on such a prestigious and unique project for Malta. The project has been set up with the support of the European Community.

The other main sponsor was St Paul’s Bay local council. Other sponsors were

Valletta Fund Management, Ms J. Stubbs, Malta Tourism Authority, Go Mobile and General Soft Drinks Co. Ltd.

Earlier this month, Astro-Club Malta held the opening ceremony to launch Planet Walk near Ta’ Fra Ben Restaurant & Lounge Bar, St Paul’s Bay. Members of the club, as well as guests braved the windy conditions and gathered at the place where the largest monument – dedicated to the sun – has been erected.

The short ceremony was introduced by a member of Astro-Club, who outlined the aims of the youth group that set up Planet Walk, and also described it as a walk along the solar system.

The walk starts at the monument of the sun and continues on to eight other smaller monuments each representing a planet. The size of each planet is in relation to the size of the Sun and the distance between each monument is also related to the actual distance between the planets. Information about each planet is written on a plaque of each monument. Some of the information is also written in Braille.