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What is an orrery?

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A mechanical device known as an orrery (for Charles Boyle, earl of Orrery ) was a forerunner of the planetarium. It is a framework supporting globes that represent the sun, planets, and natural satellites in their approximate sizes and spatial relations and in their revolutions and rotations.

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