[meteorite-list] A little help

From: Tracy Latimer <tracyl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:39 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.1020101131750.23287A-100000_at_netra.lib.state.hi.us>

They are called an ORRERY, and I have seen one in the A&E catalog. There
may also be one in one of the other Public TV or NPR catalogs; look online
under www.giftcatalog.com

Tracy Latimer
--can't resist being a LIBRARIAN, even on holiday--

On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Rob and Colleen wrote:

> Hello all and Happy New Year-
> I'm trying to find one of those mechanical models like we had in
> gradeschool that shows planetary motion. Remember, little tabletop model
> withthe sun in the middle and a series of gears moving the planets
> around it, some even had the moon on a separate gear around earth. Do
> these things have a name? I swear I have tried everything I can think of
> on a web search and its coming up zilch. MODEL, KEPLER, PLANET(s)(ary),
> MECHANICAL, MOTION, SOLAR SYSTEM, ORBIT----all failed in various
> combinations. Any ideas?
>
> --
> Rob Wesel
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