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- OBJECT TYPE
- INNER PLANETS/ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1973
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1973.0676.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 18
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood base/ metal drive mechanism
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.2 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 84.5 cm
- 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
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Displayed 1973 to 1983-84
- Canada
-
Made at NRC & presented to NMST for Copernicus quincentennial exhibit. - Function
-
An apparatus for representing the motions & phases of the planets, satellites etc., for the solar system, in this case of the 6 inner planets. - Technical
-
The commemoration of the anniversary with one of the most important astronomers. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- none
- Missing
- From CA of 11/09/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - 18 parts, 2 of which are stored separately from the other pieces (due to length).
- Finish
- Base painted purple/ plated drive mechanism/ black enamel painted frame/ multicoloured planets/ black synthetic power cord
- Decoration
- Multicoloured representations of atmosphere on planets
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National Research Council Canada, Orrery, 1973, Artifact no. 1973.0676, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1973.0676.001/
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