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- OBJECT TYPE
- lunar/relief/hemispherical
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.1086.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Astronomy
- Category
- Demonstration & teaching equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1967-2014
- Canada
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) Since ancient times, humans have been fascinated with our closest neighbor in space – the Moon. In 1610, Galileo Galilei trained his terrestrial telescope to the heavens to reveal and discover the Moon had mountains and craters. - Function
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) This geophysical relief globe is a physical representation of the near-side of the Moon. Lunar surface features such as seas (mare), craters, rilles and valleys are represented to scale, in raised relief, and with great detail and accuracy. - Technical
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(From Worksheet, see Ref. 1) Part of the process of cartography, globes are spherical representations and models of the Moon, Earth, or the planets. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Globe, circa 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1966.1086, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1086.001/
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