"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Besides, he's wrong - it's a Armillary Sphere also known as a
Spherical Astrolabe based on the Copernican system of astronomy.
It's a little different in that it's based on a globe, but that's
because it's geocentric rather than heliocentric.

Damn, that is exactly what I was going to say.

But it sure would look pretty on the coffee table.