Editing Orrery (section)

==Notable examples==
[[File:Thinktank Birmingham - object 1956S00682.00001(1).jpg|thumb|An orrery made by [[Robert Brettell Bate]], c. 1812. Now in [[Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum]].]]

Shoemaker [[John Fulton (instrument maker)|John Fulton]] of [[Fenwick, East Ayrshire|Fenwick, Ayrshire]], built three between 1823 and 1833. The last is in Glasgow's [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]].

The Eisinga Planetarium built by a [[Carding|wool carder]] named Eise Eisinga in his own living room, in the small city of [[Franeker]] in [[Friesland]], is in fact an orrery. It was constructed between 1774 and 1781. The base of the model faces down from the ceiling of the room, with most of the mechanical works in the space above the ceiling. It is driven by a pendulum clock, which has 9 weights or ponds. The planets move around the model in real time.<ref name="Sixma">{{cite journal|last=Sixma|first=H|date=November 1934|title=The Franeker Planetarium|journal=Popular Astronomy|publisher=SAO/NASA ADS|volume=XLII|issue=9|pages=489–495|url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=1934PA.....42..489S&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&plate_select=NO&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_GIF&classic=YES|access-date=2011-06-22|bibcode=1934PA.....42..489S}}</ref>

An innovative concept is to have people play the role of the moving planets and other Solar System objects. Such a model, called a human orrery, has been laid out at the Armagh Observatory.<ref name="Armagh Observatory"/>

In 2024, the LEGO Group commercially produced an orrery of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. The model is assembled exclusively from LEGO elements and reproduces solar and lunar orbits, as well Earth's rotation about a tilted axis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit 42179 |url=https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/planet-earth-and-moon-in-orbit-42179?gclid=Cj0KCQjwkN--BhDkARIsAD_mnIq1xZ5X49Q46KjbhKb5HQH43ubXZRHTVqy-FjkgKG_HdKiSseOpx58aAm9WEALw_wcB&ef_id=Cj0KCQjwkN--BhDkARIsAD_mnIq1xZ5X49Q46KjbhKb5HQH43ubXZRHTVqy-FjkgKG_HdKiSseOpx58aAm9WEALw_wcB:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!790!3!!!!x!!!19932189580!&cmp=KAC-INI-GOOGUS-GO-US_GL-EN-RE-SP-BUY-CREATE-MB_ALWAYS_ON-SHOP-BP-PMAX-ALL-CIDNA00000-PMAX-LOW_PRIORITY&gad_source=1 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=www.lego.com |language=en}}</ref>