planetarium

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An apparatus or model representing the solar system.

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An optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome.

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A building or room containing a planetarium, with seats for an audience.

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An astronomical machine which, by the movement of its parts, represents the motions and orbits of the planets. See orrery.

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An orrery. See orrery.

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A display museum in which images of stars and other astronomical phenomena are projected onto a domed ceiling.

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An orrery.

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an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems

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an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome