elioplanetografo

English translation: orrery

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Italian term or phrase:elioplanetografo
English translation:orrery
Entered by: Tania Kegozzi

16:51 Feb 25, 2011
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Astronomy & Space / website
Italian term or phrase: elioplanetografo
Scienze della Terra - Astronomia
Questa sala offre una visione generale dell’Astronomia. Al centro della sala l’***elioplanetografo***, strumento che riproduce in scala il Sistema Solare nella parte relativa al pianeta Terra e ai pianeti ad esso interni (Venere e Mercurio).

(Taken from the website of a Museum of Natural History and Archaeology)
Tania Kegozzi
Spain
Local time: 20:48
orrery
Explanation:
See my reference comments.
Assuming there's no specific term for this in English, you'd need to make it clear that an orrery usually shows the whole solar system.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-25 18:22:04 GMT)
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I don't think there is a specific term:

"Figure 3 is an image of [an orrery] made by James Ferguson, although less complicated by only showing Mercury, Venus, Earth and its moon.
http://www.liming.org/orrery/
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
"Planetarium" was also a correct option, but I chose the most common one. "Inner planets orrery" was a good idea but included Mars as well, which is absent in this orrery. So I simply used orrery and then specified which planets it included here (as in the Italian sentence). Thank you everyone for your precious help!
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Summary of answers provided
4Helios planetarim
Lara Barnett
3orrery
philgoddard
3inner planets orrery
Rachel Fell
Summary of reference entries provided
Here's a picture
philgoddard

Discussion entries: 5





  

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orrery


Explanation:
See my reference comments.
Assuming there's no specific term for this in English, you'd need to make it clear that an orrery usually shows the whole solar system.

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-25 18:22:04 GMT)
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I don't think there is a specific term:

"Figure 3 is an image of [an orrery] made by James Ferguson, although less complicated by only showing Mercury, Venus, Earth and its moon.
http://www.liming.org/orrery/

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
"Planetarium" was also a correct option, but I chose the most common one. "Inner planets orrery" was a good idea but included Mars as well, which is absent in this orrery. So I simply used orrery and then specified which planets it included here (as in the Italian sentence). Thank you everyone for your precious help!
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Helios planetarim


Explanation:
"A complete fully-electric system for studying the planets and stars. Accuracy is at the core of the Helios with planets revolving at their correct relative speeds and the star dome showing all major stars and constellations for both Northern and Southern hemispheres. "
http://www.cochranes.co.uk/show_category.asp?id=56

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-02-25 18:31:10 GMT)
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Sorry: typo

should read "helios planetariUm"

Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I may be wrong, but I think you'll find Helios is a product name.
31 mins
  -> Maybe. But "helios" corresponds in many Italian words with the prefix, "elios". Eg. "Eliometro"=Heliometer / "Elioscopo"-"Helioscope" / "Elioterapia"="Heliotherapy" / "Eliotropico"="Heliotropic". The source text uses "Elio..." no reference to manufac.
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
inner planets orrery


Explanation:
or: orrery showing the inner planets
or: orrery showing Earth and the inner planets

www.easytorecall.co.uk Simulation of inner planets Orrery
...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk Java script Orrery showing inner and outer planets, selectable.

http://sydor.weebly.com/orrery-and-tellurion-links.html

Dictionary - Definition of orrery
Orrery. A small orrery showing earth and the inner planets. An orrery is a mechanical device that illustrates the relative positions and motions of the ...
www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/orrery

or: orrery of the inner solar system

Solar System Orrery of the Inner
2 Feb 2011 ... A finely engineered example of an Orrery of the Inner Solar System Showing the planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth/Moon, and Mars as they follow ...
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Reference comments


53 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Here's a picture

Reference information:
I'm almost certain this is the one in the text Tania is translating - it's in the Museo Montebelluna in Treviso. A working model of the whole solar system is called an orrery, but I don't know if there's a specific name for one showing only the inner three planets.

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Note added at 55 mins (2011-02-25 17:46:17 GMT)
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Sorry, wrong URL.
http://www.astrofest.it/Espositori/Gambato/GambatoProdotti.h...

Helioplanetograph gets no Google hits.


    Reference: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.astrofest.it/...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Dr Lofthouse
18 mins
  -> Thanks. I've now posted this as an answer.
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