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An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System that illustrates or predicts the relative positions and motions of the planets and moons, usually according to the heliocentric model. It may also represent the relative sizes of these bodies; however, since accurate scaling is often not practical due to the actual large ratio differences, it ...
Orrery and Kilmore (Irish: Orbhraí agus An Choill Mhór) is a historical barony in north County Cork, Ireland. [1] [2] Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. [3] They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. [4] [5]
The orrery was created by Fabrycky, then a postdoc at the University of California, Santa Cruz, largely due to an accident.When he created an animation of a six-planet system Kepler-11 for his work on a home computer in 2011, his son and daughter were found playing with the program.
Earl of Orrery is a title in the Peerage of Ireland that has been united with the earldom of Cork since 1753. It was created in 1660 for the soldier, statesman and dramatist Roger Boyle, 1st Baron Boyle , third but eldest surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork .
This is a sortable table of the townlands in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, County Cork, Ireland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the barony, and also where a townland is known by two alternative names.
H. Gerstner & Sons, Inc. is a manufacturer of wooden tool chests based in Dayton, Ohio.Started in 1906, it has remained family-owned. [1] Of more than twenty manufacturers building wooden tool chests for journeymen in the early 20th century, H. Gerstner & Sons is the only one to still exist.
Austin is a city in Jennings Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 4,272 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town; Austin became a city on January 1, 2008. The population was 4,272 at the 2000 census, at which time it was a town; Austin became a city on January 1, 2008.
Zionsville is a suburban town located in the extreme southeast area of Boone County, Indiana, United States, northwest of Indianapolis.The population was 14,160 at the 2010 census [5] and 30,693 at the 2020 census.