Physical Globe – Catalog of Planetary Maps

Mariner 6, 7 Globe of Mars

Mariner 6-7 photographs manually glued onto a globe showing terrestrial telescopic view based albedo markings of Mars. “The Mariner 6 pictures make two horizontal rows above; the Mariner 7 pictures extend from center to bottom right and across the south polar cap.” (Source)

Mariner 9 Photomosaic Globe of Mars

Mosaic made of 1500 Mariner 9 images. This is one of three globes each made manually. Size: 48in. (121.9cm) Date 1973 Material: paper photos on aluminum 6-foot copy: Displayed in von Karman auditorium of the JPL campus in Pasadena, 4-foot copies: On Display at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, DC (2017), California and Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. […]

Hand-painted Globe of Io

Artist-cartographer: Merc Boyan Date: 2016 On display: Planetary Society, Pasadena, California Method: Earth globe re-painted, using a virtual globe generated from actual images

Globe of the Moon (Japan)

Miniature globe of the Moon Courtesy EA Whitaker

USGS Globe Series

USGS Globe series, all globes are 1:32,000,000

Lowell’s Globe of Mars (1905)

Photo: A reconstruction of the Lowell globe, made by Keith Boulger. This globe is on display at the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ. More images of this globe. See also a video of another reconstruction of the Lowell globe.

Hypsometric Globe of Venus (2011)

Author: Evgeniy Lazarev, Sternberg State Astronomical institute For the Map version see here: Hypsometric Map of Venus Data Layers: DTM, hypsometric tints, contours, hillshade, names Source data: Magellan radar data (SAR) 7,5×7,5 km Software used: ArcGIS v9.2. Reference: E Lazerev, J Rodionova: Venus mapping at small scale: source data processing and cartographic interpretation (2011) ICC2011, […]

Globe of Mars, Tolman (early 1970s)

Publisher: “Scan-globe” “Detail based on NASA photographs” Date: ca. 1970 1 : 44 300 000 Made in Denmark Cartographer: LeRoy M Tolman Based on data/images from Mariner 6 and 7 in 1969. References http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC04849294 The Mariner 6 and Mariner 7 image mosaics, for comparison: Mariner 6 Mariner 7

Tobias Mayer’s Lunar Globe (1750)

Publisher: Marbach : Tobias-Mayer-Museum; Bremen; Berlin Ars Mechanica Marbach Tobias-Mayer-Verein 2008 Original: 1750, Reconstruction (6 plates): 2008 Technology: Wooden globe Cartographers of the reprint: Günther Oestmann und Felix Lühning (2008) History: By 1750, made the Göttingen astronomer Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) made 24 map segments for the first reliable globe of the moon. The project was […]

Thermoplastic Globe of the Moon (1990)

1990, Moscow Made with the participation PKO, GAISH (Shternberg State Astronomical Institute), TsNIIGAiK (Central Scientific Research Institute of Geodesy, Aerial Surveying and Cartography). No image available

Niesten’s Globe of Mars (1892)

Globe of Mars by Belgian Astronomer Louis Niesten. Publisher: J. Lebeque & Co, Brusells, Belgium. Dimensions: 22cm x 10cm. Cartouche: GLOBE DE MARS dressé PAR L NIESTEN d’après les observations faites À BRUXELLES & A MILAN NOMENCLATURE SCHIAPARELLI NOMENCLATURE GREEN J. Lebèque & C.° Bruxelles Observations were done in Brussels and Milan Nomenclature: based on Schiaparelli’s and […]

Moon Globe / Globus Luny

1:10 000 000 Globus Luny sostavlen po fotografiyam AMS Luna-3, Zond-3, s tsastitsnym ispolzovaniem snimkov Lunar Orbiter …. Sternberg Institute In 12 segments Polar: azimuthal projection The far side segments used an original method of transformation using spherical screen. Negatives of the full maps of the moon 1979 1:5M used in cartographic projector on spherical screen. […]