DALLASI absolutely love this, it's called an orrery, and it's a little mechanical model of our solar system. You can see the planets here, orbiting the sun as they would do in real life.

The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre has announced the arrival of its newest exhibit – a beautiful and unique mechanical orrery. At five metres in diameter, the Jodrell Bank ...

Watchmakers and astronomers worked together to create orreries: mechanical ... the orrery tradition but uses a different approach: he built a beautiful ceiling-mounted model of our Solar System ...