Accession No

6683

Brief Description

13.5-inch lunar (moon) globe, by Lipsky, Russian, 1967

Origin

Russia (USSR); Moscow

Maker

Lipsky, Y. N.

Class

astronomy; cartography

Earliest Date

1967

Latest Date

1967

Inscription Date

1967

Material

plastic; paper; metal (fixings)

Dimensions

Diameter: 13.5 in; height: 490mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Bonhams 580 Madison Ave., New York, NY, USA, on 05/12/2012. Auction 20830: Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection, Bonham’s New York. Lot no. 101.

Inscription

[In Cyrillic:] Globus Luny sostavlen po fotografijam. [Globe made from photographs of the Moon. Moscow:] Sternberg State Astronomical Institute and USSR Topographical Service, [1967].

Description Notes

13.5-inch lunar (moon) globe, by Lipsky, Russian, 1967.

Plastic globe with printed paper gores. Longitude marked at every 10o; latitude at every 10o. Elevation of surface represented by colour. Major regions and features are named. Lack of precision in the gluing of gores: edges of gores do not quite match up.

Inscriptions: [In Cyrillic:] Globus Luny sostavlen po fotografijam. [Globe made from photographs of the Moon. Moscow:] Sternberg State Astronomical Institute and USSR Topographical Service, [1967].

Diameter 13.5 inches (34 mm). Scale 1:10,000,000. On plastic stand.

Based on photographs produced by Luna-3, Zond-3, and NASA Orbiters, this globe covers 95% of the lunar surface.

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