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The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the apparent motions of the fixed stars and planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial ...
The globus cruciger (Latin for 'cross-bearing orb'), also known as stavroforos sphaira (Greek: σταυροφόρος σφαίρα) [1] or "the orb and cross", is an orb surmounted by a cross. It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages , used on coins , in iconography , and with a sceptre as royal regalia .
Orb or ORB may refer to: Sphere; Globus cruciger, ceremonial orb Sovereign's Orb, a crown jewel of the United Kingdom; Places. Orb (river), in southern France;
The orb has been used for every royal coronation since its creation and is expected to be held by King Charles III during his official crowning. Elizabeth’s coronation took place on June 2, 1953 ...
The planet is said to be Cazimi, which is an ancient [clarification needed] astrological term meaning "in the heart" (of the Sun). For example, "Venus Cazimi" means Venus is in Conjunction with the Sun with an orb of less than ~0.28°. If a planet is moderately close to the Sun, the specific orb limit may depend on the particular planet.
An emerging item of regalia was the orb, described in Tudor inventories as a gold ball with a cross, [51] which underlined the monarch's sovereignty. Orbs had been pictorial emblems of royal authority in England since the early Middle Ages, but a real orb was probably not used at any English coronation until Henry VIII (r. 1509–1547). [52]
The two orbs did not appear on his plane’s radar nor were their presence communicated to him by air traffic control. Ex-NASA commander recounts eerie near-collision with mysterious ‘metallic ...
Visualization of a celestial sphere. In astronomy and navigation, the celestial sphere is an abstract sphere that has an arbitrarily large radius and is concentric to Earth.All objects in the sky can be conceived as being projected upon the inner surface of the celestial sphere, which may be centered on Earth or the observer.