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OBJECT TYPE: lunar/relief/hemispherical
DATE: 1960–1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.1086.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Astronomy
Category: Demonstration & teaching equipment
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1967-2014
Canada: (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: (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: (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: Unknown

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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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