The orrery is a kind of planetarium that models the position and motion of planets relative to the sun. This one was made about 1900 and sold for $630 at Donley Auctions. The sphere in the center ...

We aren’t sure how accurate you can get with LEGO, but a building block orrery looks cool, if nothing else. [Marian42] saw one done a few years ago and decided to build a version with a ...

She reached out a hand to the orrery. “May I?” “Of course.” Nyx again took her time to center herself on the warm sun and fumble to the third ring. Once she found the sphere affixed there ...

It is, pretty much, an orrery: a mechanism that lets you build a rotating replica of the Earth, moon, and sun and see how their orbits interact with each other as they move through space.

The huge fabric sphere is lit from the inside with a light bulb at the center, and the iris and pupil mechanism orbit the bulb like parts of an orrery. By keeping the bulb in the center and ...

How To Find North [UP]: Look at the Orrery and look at the large broken outer ring of the machine. On the left (from the Thulian Archives) you’ll see a large broken piece of rounded metal.