Moon globe
- Made:
- c.1963 in Leipzig
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Moon globe, 33cm in diameter on bakelite stand with paper gores published by Paul Rath Nachf. KG., Leipzig and printed by VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, c1963. Shows lunar features on the farside discovered by Lunik 2 & 3 in 1959 prior to the American Apollo programme.
Details
- Category:
- Astronomy
- Object Number:
- 1999-21
- Measurements:
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overall: 432 x 33 mm
- type:
- globes (cartographic spheres), moon globes and lunar globes
- credit:
- Christie's South Kensington Limited
