Motorized Orrery - Left Side

A functional orrery depicting a fictional planet orbited by three moons.

 

The dial on the front shows (6) days of the week.

The gearing of the mechanism works out such that every full rotation of that dial:

 

The innermost (gold) moon makes 1/6th of a rotation

The middle (silver) moon makes 1/10th of a rotation

The outermost (sand green) moon makes 1/14th of a rotation.

 

The mechanism is also motorized.

 

Along the sides of the base are patterns which show the approximiate order in which different moons line up.

These follow a slighly condensed version of the actual pattern, taking into account imperfect alignments as well

We start with all three in a line. Next, the gold and green moons will line up (after about 10.5 rotations)

Around the corner you can see gold and silver paired up - they are nearly aligned after 12 rotations

Done