Accession No

6282

Brief Description

12-inch lunar (Moon) globe, by Replogle, U.S.A., c. 1980 - 2000

Origin

U.S.A.

Maker

Replogle

Class

astronomy; cartography

Earliest Date

1980

Latest Date

2000

Inscription Date

Material

printed laminate card, plastic, film, metal (brass)

Dimensions

Diameter: 12 inches / 309mm Width of stand: 152mm Height of stand: approx. 26mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Omniterrum, U.S.A., 06/03/2009.

Inscription

REPLOGLE (R)
LUNAR GLOBE
Diameter 12 inches
Scale: 180 mi. per inch
Made in U.S.A.

Description Notes

12-inch lunar (Moon) globe, by Replogle, U.S.A., c. 1980 - 2000.

12 inch diameter laminate card hollow globe sphere, made from folded and glued card gores. The globe has two brass plugs at the poles, and rests in a brown hollow plastic base.

The globe shows terrain in various shades of grey, which appears to be taken from photographs. The surface is laminated. The selenography depicts major regions of the satellite, labelled to show seas, craters and the landing sites of Lunik 2 and Apollo 11. The globe has lines of latitude and longitude, graduated in 15 degree intervals latitudinally at two cardinal points, and 30 degree intervals longitudinally at the equator. The equator has a film ring graduated in degrees. The globe also has two dotted lines, placed to indicate the ‘EASTERN/WESTERN LIMIT OF MOON VISIBLE FROM EARTH’

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