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Extraterrestrial globe gores.
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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:12:23 -0500
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Subject:        extraterrestrial globe gores.
Date:   Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:59:24 +0000
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For construction fun on a planetary scale:

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsAndGlobes/large/venus_globe.PDF
8.3 MB pdf download of full-colour gores for a 12" diameter globe of Venus.

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsAndGlobes/mars.html
links to gores for tennis ball, 6" diameter and 12" diameter Mars globes.

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsAndGlobes/large/moon_globe.pdf
3 MB pdf download of full colour gores for a 12" diameter globe of the moon.

http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/Gallery/MapsAndGlobes/joviansatellites.html
links to gores for 9" diameter globes of Jovian satellites Callisto, Ganymede and Europa.




Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Curator of Maps
National Library of Australia

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