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Summary
The James S. McDonnell Planetarium is located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park_(St._Louis)" class="extiw" title="en:Forest Park (St. Louis)">Forest Park</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:St. Louis, Missouri">en:St. Louis, Missouri</a>.
The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._McDonnell" class="extiw" title="en:James S. McDonnell">en:James S. McDonnell</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium" class="extiw" title="en:Planetarium">en:Planetarium</a> was built in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" class="extiw" title="en:1963">en:1963</a> and operated by the city of St. Louis. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" class="extiw" title="en:1983">en:1983</a> it became part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Science_Center" class="extiw" title="en:St. Louis Science Center">en:St. Louis Science Center</a>, to which it is joined by an enclosed pedestrian bridge across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_64" class="extiw" title="en:Interstate 64">en:Interstate 64</a>, reopening in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" class="extiw" title="en:1985">en:1985</a> after extensive remodelling. The planetarium features a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiss" class="extiw" title="en:Zeiss">en:Zeiss</a> Planetarium Model IX projector capable of showing the locations of 9000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star" class="extiw" title="en:star">en:stars</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/planet" class="extiw" title="en:planet">en:planets</a> on an 80-foot (24 m) dome. In addition to the planetarium theater, the building is home to many displays on space sciences on two levels.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/science.html">[1]</a>
The shape of the building's unique roof is known mathematically as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hyperboloid" class="extiw" title="en:hyperboloid">en:hyperboloid</a> of one sheet.
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| current | 05:10, 9 January 2017 | | 600 × 378 (154 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The <b>James S. McDonnell Planetarium</b> is located in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Park_(St._Louis)" class="extiw" title="en:Forest Park (St. Louis)">Forest Park</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="extiw" title="en:St. Louis, Missouri">en:St. Louis, Missouri</a>. <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._McDonnell" class="extiw" title="en:James S. McDonnell">en:James S. McDonnell</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetarium" class="extiw" title="en:Planetarium">en:Planetarium</a> was built in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" class="extiw" title="en:1963">en:1963</a> and operated by the city of St. Louis. In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" class="extiw" title="en:1983">en:1983</a> it became part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Science_Center" class="extiw" title="en:St. Louis Science Center">en:St. Louis Science Center</a>, to which it is joined by an enclosed pedestrian bridge across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_64" class="extiw" title="en:Interstate 64">en:Interstate 64</a>, reopening in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985" class="extiw" title="en:1985">en:1985</a> after extensive remodelling. The planetarium features a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeiss" class="extiw" title="en:Zeiss">en:Zeiss</a> Planetarium Model IX projector capable of showing the locations of 9000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/star" class="extiw" title="en:star">en:stars</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/planet" class="extiw" title="en:planet">en:planets</a> on an 80-foot (24 m) dome. In addition to the planetarium theater, the building is home to many displays on space sciences on two levels.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/parks/forestpark/history/science.html">[1]</a> </p> The shape of the building's unique roof is known mathematically as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hyperboloid" class="extiw" title="en:hyperboloid">en:hyperboloid</a> of one sheet. |
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