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CATEGORY 1 CELESTIAL BODIES, NATURAL PHENOMENA, GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS
1.1.

STARS, COMETS

1.3.

SUN

1.5.

EARTH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, PLANETS

1.7.

MOON

1.11.

CONSTELLATIONS, GROUPS OF STARS, STARRY SKY, CELESTIAL GLOBES, CELESTIAL MAPS

1.13.

ARMILLARY SPHERES, PLANETARIA, ASTRONOMIC ORBITS, ATOMIC MODELS, MOLECULAR MODELS

1.15.

NATURAL PHENOMENA

1.17.

GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, PLANISPHERES

 1.1

STARS, COMETS

 
Note: (a) Including stars which indicate military rank.
 (b) Not including sparks (1.15.7), star-shaped throwing weapons such as ninja stars (23.1.25), the Star of David (24.11.15) and asterisks (24.17.3).
*1.1.1

Stars (test VIII)

 1.1.6

Concentric stars

*1.1.15

Comets, stars with tail

 1.1.17

Compass cards

 
Note: Not including compasses, mariners’ compasses (17.5.1).
Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.1
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.1.1, 1.1.15
A1.1.2

One star

A1.1.3

Two stars

A1.1.4

Three stars

A1.1.5

More than three stars

 
Note: Not including constellations and groups of stars of division 1.11.
A1.1.8

Stars with three points

A1.1.9

Stars with four points

A1.1.10

Stars with more than four points

A1.1.12

Stars with uneven points

 
Note: Including sparks consisting of uneven-pointed stars.
A1.1.13

Stars with rays or radiating lines

A1.1.14

Incomplete stars

A1.1.16

Stars with points ending in spheres

A1.1.20

Star, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal

A1.1.25

Other representations of stars, not classified in division 1.11

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 1.3

SUN

 
Note: Not including representations of the sun consisting solely of a disk without rays, which will be placed in the appropriate sections of division 26.1.
*1.3.1

Sun rising or setting

*1.3.2

Other representations of the sun

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.3
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.3.1, 1.3.2
A1.3.6

Sun with landscapes

A1.3.7

Sun with human beings or parts of the human body

A1.3.8

Sun with animals

A1.3.9

Sun with plants

A1.3.10

Sun with clouds, rain, drops of water or representations of other natural phenomena

A1.3.11

Sun with manufactured articles or industrial products

A1.3.12

Sun with other figurative elements

A1.3.13

Sun with inscriptions

A1.3.15

Sun with rays constituted by rectilinear lines, sheaves of lines or bands

A1.3.16

Sun with rays constituted by flames or wavy lines, sheaves of lines or bands

A1.3.17

Sun with rays constituted by triangles

A1.3.18

Sun with irregular rays (corona)

A1.3.19

Several suns

 
Note: Not including several suns forming a constellation (1.11).
A1.3.20

Sun, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal

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 1.5

EARTH, TERRESTRIAL GLOBES, PLANETS

*1.5.1

Terrestrial globes

 1.5.15

Parts of terrestrial globes

 1.5.24

Saturn

 1.5.25

Other planets

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.5
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 1.5.1
A1.5.2

Terrestrial globes with representation solely of meridians and parallels

A1.5.3

Terrestrial globes in flattened form

A1.5.4

Two terrestrial globes, maps of the world in two hemispheres

A1.5.5

Free-standing terrestrial globes

A1.5.6

Terrestrial globes with a banderole or an inscription

A1.5.7

Terrestrial globes with human beings or parts of the human body

A1.5.8

Terrestrial globes with animals

A1.5.9

Terrestrial globes with plants

A1.5.10

Terrestrial globes with clouds, rain, drops or water or representations of other natural phenomena

A1.5.11

Terrestrial globes with manufactured articles or industrial products

A1.5.12

Terrestrial globes with other figurative elements

A1.5.23

Other representations of the Earth or of the terrestrial globe

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 1.7

MOON

 
Note: Including representations of the moon with star(s).
*1.7.1

Full moon, several moons

*1.7.6

Crescent moon, half-moon

*1.7.19

Several crescents or half-moons

 1.7.22

Lunar globe

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.7
Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Section 1.7.1
A1.7.3

Full moon, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal

Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.7.6, 1.7.19
A1.7.7

Crescent or half-moon with human beings or parts of the human body

A1.7.8

Crescent or half-moon with animals

 1.7.9

Full moon, crescent or half-moon with crescent or half-moon with plants

A1.7.10

Crescent or half-moon with clouds, rain, drops of water or representations of other natural phenomena

A1.7.11

Crescent or half-moon with manufactured articles or industrial products

A1.7.12

Crescent or half-moon with other figurative elements

A1.7.20

Crescent or half-moon, personified or representing a human face or the head of an animal

 1.7.13

Full moon, crescent or half-moon with crescent or half-moon with inscriptions

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 1.11

CONSTELLATIONS, GROUPS OF STARS, STARRY SKY, CELESTIAL GLOBES, CELESTIAL MAPS

*1.11.1

Constellations, galaxies

 1.11.12

Starry sky

 1.11.15

Celestial globes, celestial maps

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.11
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 1.11.1
A1.11.2

Orion

A1.11.3

Southern Cross

A1.11.4

Great Bear, Little Bear

A1.11.8

Stars grouped in circles, ovals or other geometrical figures

A1.11.9

Milky Way, galaxies

A1.11.10

Other constellations or groups of stars (except A 1.11.8)

 
Note: (a) Including groups with sun(s), moon(s) and star(s).
 (b) Not including crescent or half-moon with star(s) (1.7.6 and 1.7.19).
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 1.13

ARMILLARY SPHERES, PLANETARIA, ASTRONOMIC ORBITS, ATOMIC MODELS, MOLECULAR MODELS

*1.13.1

Armillary spheres, planetaria, astronomic orbits, atomic models, molecular models

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.13
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 1.13.1
A1.13.2

Armillary spheres, planetaria

A1.13.5

Astronomic orbits

A1.13.10

Atomic orbits

A1.13.15

Atomic models, molecular models, representations of human, animal or vegetal cells

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 1.15

NATURAL PHENOMENA

 
Note: Not including sets of lines evoking sound or electromagnetic waves (A 26.11.22).
 1.15.1

Rainbows

 1.15.3

Lightning

 1.15.5

Flames

 1.15.7

Sparks, explosions, exploding fireworks

 
Note: Not including sparks represented by uneven-pointed stars (1.1.1).
 1.15.9

Luminous sources, rays, shafts of light

 1.15.11

Clouds, fog, vapor, smoke

 1.15.13

Rain, hail

 1.15.14

Puddles (of water)

 1.15.15

Drops

 1.15.17

Snow, snowflakes or snow crystals

 1.15.19

Icicles, stalactites, stalagmites, mineral crystals

 1.15.21

Bubbles, frothy masses

 
Note: Including speech bubbles.
 1.15.23

Vortices, rotary movements, tornadoes

 
Note: Not including astronomic orbits (1.13.1), atomic orbits (1.13.1), concentric circles (26.1.4 or 26.1.5) and spirals (26.1.5).
 1.15.24

Waves

 
Note: Not including waves represented by wavy lines (26.11.1 to 26.11.3).
 1.15.25

Other natural phenomena not classified in other divisions or categories

 
Note: Including aurora borealis (northern lights).
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 1.17

GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS, PLANISPHERES

 
Note: Not including maps of the world in two hemispheres (1.5.1).
*1.17.1

Planispheres

*1.17.2

Continents

 1.17.7

Groups of countries

*1.17.11

Isolated countries

*1.17.12

Islands, archipelagoes

*1.17.13

Parts of a country

*1.17.14

Urban plans

*1.17.15

Polar maps

*1.17.25

Other geographical maps

Auxiliary Sections of Groups 1.17
Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Section 1.17.2
A1.17.3

Europe, Asia, Eurasia

A1.17.4

America

 
Note: Includes the whole of the continent of America (North, South and Central America) or any one or any two of the separate parts of the continent of America.
A1.17.5

Africa

A1.17.6

Australia, Oceania

Auxiliary Section Associated with Principal Sections 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.11, 1.17.12, 1.17.13, 1.17.14, 1.17.15, 1.17.25
A1.17.16

Physical maps

Auxiliary Sections Associated with Principal Sections 1.17.1, 1.17.2, 1.17.11, 1.17.12, 1.17.13, 1.17.14, 1.17.15
A1.17.17

Political maps

A1.17.18

Economic maps

A1.17.19

Tourist maps

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