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Models > Planetariums, astronomical models

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Planetariums, astronomical models  

Definition

  • Mechanical models of the solar system that demonstrate the movements of all or some of the planets around the sun, sometimes also of the moons around their planets, in their correct relative periods, by means of an elaborate, usually clockwork, system [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Orreries
  • Planetaria, models

Notation

  • 118141

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-S1M0WHF7-5

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