Another brilliant show of engineering, glad to see the barycentre of Pluto reasonably represented. Just know you're an inspiration to me and many others who wouldn't have gotten into horology and orrery crafting without you!
It would be cooler to hook up a clock escapement and mechanism to it so that it runs like a clock to show accurate positions of the planets and moons.. thats what Im doing with the orrery that im building at least
I love the mechanism for Pluto and its satellites. It’s hard to see, but the barycenter seems at the right place, just hovering the surface of Pluto. Charon is at the right scale. With the tilt angle, it could have been possible to have the right orbit radius for Charon by multiplying the distance by about two. But then the whole orrery might have looked unbalanced.
Another brilliant show of engineering, glad to see the barycentre of Pluto reasonably represented. Just know you're an inspiration to me and many others who wouldn't have gotten into horology and orrery crafting without you!
I also added Pluto’s axial tilt.
amazing - just beautiful!!!!!!
Can you hook a motor up to the crank instead?
They have done it already with what seems to be a miniature steam engine: ruclips.net/video/nlgyXY3vPd4/видео.html
It would be cooler to hook up a clock escapement and mechanism to it so that it runs like a clock to show accurate positions of the planets and moons.. thats what Im doing with the orrery that im building at least
I love the mechanism for Pluto and its satellites. It’s hard to see, but the barycenter seems at the right place, just hovering the surface of Pluto. Charon is at the right scale. With the tilt angle, it could have been possible to have the right orbit radius for Charon by multiplying the distance by about two. But then the whole orrery might have looked unbalanced.
I understand how the gears work, But how do you make sure the planets are even in the correct place and the moons relative to time
Is it possible to sell?
Yes, they have a website.