Thanks Ginger- ORRERY! Of course! What was I thinking? Goes to show one can get any question answered on this list. Thanks for saving one in the mental Rolodex for me. Now to change the heading of this mailing to "A little help...affording one" Thanks again -- Rob Wesel -------------- We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971
Ginger Mayfield wrote: > Rob, > > That would be an orrery and the nice ones with gears are > expensive. Do a google search for orrery and you'll find a > lot of links. Good luck. I think they are very cool and > really help with understanding the movements of the solar > system for those of us who are visual learners. > > Ginger > > 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 > > -------------- > > We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams. > > Willy Wonka, 1971 > > > > Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - >http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 > > _______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 _______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
