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Old 05-07-2009, 05:56 PM
Wavytone
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It's physically impractical to make a mechanical one that is to linear scale.

You could however use logarithmic scale for the orbit radius, and construct a reasonably compact one that does the orbital periods in their correct ratios.

But such a thing is not made/sold commercially.
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