Hi,
Here's a really nice one for only $800:
<http://www.vancort.com/orrery.htm>
I think Edmond Scientific has one. Check the catalogues of Sky Publishing and the
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, too. Rarely to be
found for less than $200 to $250.
Sterling
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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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