The Sanderson Orrery
An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons in the Solar System in a heliocentric model. Though the Greeks had working planetaria, the first orrery that was a planetarium of the modern era was produced in 1704, and one was presented to the Earl of Orrery — whence came the name. They are typically driven by a clockwork mechanism with a globe representing the Sun at the centre, and with a planet at the end of each of the arms.
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Sanderson Orrery
I'm in the process of building an orrery but man it's complicated. They're beautiful, though.
ReplyDeleteSeen this only in movies.. Its so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIts like a piece of art. Love it :)
Ummm...this could become an OCD source =)
ReplyDeleteClean it, watch it...repeat, wait don't touch that!!! =)
The movie "The Dark Crystal" had probably the coolest orrery I've ever seen: The Dark Crystal - Aughra's Lair - The Orrery and The Great Conjunction (it's a minute or so into the clip.)
ReplyDeleteGood post!!
ReplyDeleteI love this.
ReplyDeleteWant. >sigh<
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