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Orrery

An orrery (/ˈɒr.ə.ri/ ⓘ) is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model. It may also represent the relative sizes of these bodies; however, since accurate scaling is often not practical due to the actual large ratio…

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Orrery

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples63
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
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Orrery

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related to Projection · 19
Orrery → Deimos, Earth, Jupiter, Many, Mars, Mercury, Phobos, Planetarium, Pluto, Saturn, Similar, Some, Sun, The, These, Thus Mercury, Thus Venus, Typically, Uranus
related to External links · 16
Orrery → Cambridge, EnglandJPL Solar System SimulatorLong, EnglandNASA Eyes, Grand' Orrery, History, Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, NASA, Now Foundation OrreryUniversity, Pennsylvania OrreryElectric Orrery, Science, Solar System, The, The Schools' Observatory, University, Whipple Museum
related to Notable examples · 11
Orrery → Ayrshire, Eise Eisinga, Fenwick, Franeker, Friesland, Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery, It, Museum, Shoemaker John Fulton, The, The Eisinga Planetarium
related to Workings · 9
Orrery → All, An, Earth, Jupiter, Moon, Orreries, Sun, That, The
related to In popular culture · 6
Orrery → June, Meccano, Meccano Manual, Meccano Orrery, Model, The
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Orrery → planetarium in both senses of the word

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planets sun earth moon orreries planetarium model around mechanical first built show planetary john moons one mercury system also jupiter

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Orreryis aplanetarium in both senses of the word0.90text
Aristarchus of Samos had proposed a heliocentric universeinstance ofHe observed that some Greek philosophers0.80text
Orreryrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksGrand' Orrery0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksWhipple Museum0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksHistory0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksScience0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksUniversity0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksCambridge0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksEnglandJPL Solar System SimulatorLong0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksNow Foundation OrreryUniversity0.60section
Orreryrelated to External linksPennsylvania OrreryElectric Orrery0.60section

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