- catalogue number: 15.2019111;
- name of artifact: Solar-system planetarium (non-geared);
- date of production: 2008;
- materials of manufacture: copper alloy, steel, paint, wood;
- maker: Réal Manseau, Drummondville QC (has label which reads “ATELIER/Réal Manseau/Drummondville”);
- provenance: purchased from Réal Manseau;
- condition: excellent condition;
- notes:
- patterned after 19th and early 20th century examples;
- extends to the Kuiper belt, with the inclusion of the dwarf planet 134340 Pluto;
- comparanda: Greenwich, National Maritime Museum, ZBA4664, "Orrery", by William Jones, 1798-1830; Washington DC, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, 1980.0318.04, “Orrery”, unsigned, 1846-1930;
- literature:
- Benjamin Pike, jr., Pike's Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments, Manufactured, Imported, and Sold by the Author; With the Prices Affixed at Which They are Offered in 1856..., 2nd ed., I (New York: Benjamin Pike, 1856), pp. 110-114.
- planetarium
- Earth & Moon
- Mercury
- Venus
- Mars (& Earth & Moon)
- Jupiter & Medicean Moons
- Saturn
- Neptune & Uranus
- Pluto
- detail of base
- label
Type:
Orrery
Description:
Solar-System Planetarium
Exhibit Number:
0015.2019111
Exhibit Name:
Solar-System Planetarium
Production Circa:
Production Year:
2008
Exhibit Thumbnail: