Armillary Sphere

An armillary sphere is a model of objects in the sky, consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial coordinate system and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic.
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  • Monument
  • …is also known as “spherical astrolabe”
  • Description: model of objects in the sky

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sejong Center and National Museum of Korean Contemporary History.
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for the Performing Arts is the largest… is situated 120 metres west of Armillary Sphere.
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The … is situated 170 metres northeast of Armillary Sphere.
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is located at the Sejongno, Gwanghwamun Plaza in , South Korea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Seoul and Cheongjin-dong.
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, also known as Seoul Central Business…
is a dong of , , South Korea.
is a legal dong of , South Korea.

Armillary Sphere

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Latitude
37.57264° or 37° 34′ 22″ north
Longitude
126.97691° or 126° 58′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q98HXFG+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3841809478
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q328720

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Armillary Sphere” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ذات الحلق”
  • Armenian: “Մանեկավոր գունդ”
  • Asturian: “Esfera armilar”
  • Asturian: “esfera armillar”
  • Asturian: “Esfera armillar”
  • Basque: “Esfera armilar”
  • Belarusian: “Армілярная сфера”
  • Belarusian: “армілярная сфэра”
  • Bulgarian: “Армиларна сфера”
  • Catalan: “Esfera armil.lar”
  • Catalan: “Esfera armil•lar”
  • Catalan: “esfera armil·lar”
  • Catalan: “Esfera armiŀlar”
  • Catalan: “Esfera armil·lar”
  • Chinese: “浑象”
  • Chinese: “渾儀”
  • Chinese: “渾天儀”
  • Chinese: “渾象”
  • Chinese: “環形球儀”
  • Croatian: “armilarna sfera”
  • Croatian: “Armilarna sfera”
  • Czech: “armilární sféra”
  • Czech: “Armilární sféra”
  • Danish: “armillarsfære”
  • Danish: “Armillarsfære”
  • Dutch: “armillairsfeer”
  • Dutch: “armillarium”
  • Dutch: “Armillarium”
  • Dutch: “armillarsfeer”
  • Esperanto: “armela sfero”
  • Esperanto: “Armela sfero”
  • Estonian: “Armillaarsfäär”
  • Finnish: “armillaari”
  • Finnish: “Armillaari”
  • Finnish: “Armillaaripallo”
  • French: “Astrolabe sphérique”
  • French: “sphère armillaire”
  • French: “Sphère armillaire”
  • Galician: “esfera armilar”
  • Galician: “Esfera armilar”
  • German: “Armillarsphäre”
  • German: “Armille”
  • German: “Sphärenkugel”
  • German: “Weltmaschine”
  • Greek: “Αστρολάβος Ιππάρχου”
  • Greek: “Αστρολάβος Ίππαρχου”
  • Hebrew: “הספירה הארמילרית”
  • Hungarian: “armilláris gömb”
  • Hungarian: “Armilláris gömb”
  • Indonesian: “Bola armilari”
  • Indonesian: “Bola armiler”
  • Irish: “sféar bráisléadach”
  • Irish: “Sféar bráisléadach”
  • Italian: “globo celeste”
  • Italian: “sfera armillare”
  • Italian: “Sfera armillare”
  • Japanese: “天球儀”
  • Japanese: “渾天儀”
  • Kazakh: “Армиллярлық сфера”
  • Korean: “혼천의”
  • Luxembourgish: “Armillarsphär”
  • Macedonian: “армиларна сфера”
  • Malay: “Sfera armila”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “armillarsfære”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “armilla”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Armilla”
  • Norwegian: “Armillarsfære”
  • Panjabi: “ਗੋਲਾ-ਯੰਤਰ”
  • Persian: “استرلاب گوی‌شکل”
  • Persian: “حلقه دار”
  • Persian: “حلقهٔ دار”
  • Persian: “حلقه‌دار”
  • Persian: “ذات الحلق”
  • Persian: “ذات‌الحلق”
  • Polish: “sfera armilarna”
  • Polish: “Sfera armilarna”
  • Portuguese: “esfera armilar”
  • Portuguese: “Esfera armilar”
  • Romanian: “sferă armilară”
  • Romanian: “Sferă armilară”
  • Russian: “Армиллярная сфера”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Armilarna sfera”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “obručasta sfera”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Obručasta sfera”
  • Slovak: “armilárna sféra”
  • Slovak: “Armilárna sféra”
  • Slovenian: “armil”
  • Slovenian: “armila”
  • Slovenian: “armilarna sfera”
  • Slovenian: “Armilarna sfera”
  • Slovenian: “sferični astrolab”
  • Spanish: “Astrolabio esférico”
  • Spanish: “esfera armilar”
  • Spanish: “Esfera armilar”
  • Swedish: “armillarsfär”
  • Swedish: “Armillarsfär”
  • Turkish: “Astronomik küre”
  • Ukrainian: “Армілярна сфера”
  • Uzbek: “Armillyar sfera”
  • Vietnamese: “Hỗn thiên nghi”
  • Yue Chinese: “渾天儀”

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