An interactive, educational and accurate Solar System simulation
A planetarium on your Desktop!
PlanetWerks is a three-dimensional widget-sized tour through our solar system. A sophisticated control system brings you amazing views and fun facts! Movement in PlanetWerks 2 incorporates accurate 2-body motion; so objects orbit the sun the same way they do in the actual solar system!
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Also included, switch to a linear scale model to see just how vast the solar system really is. Four levels of precision rotation and zoom control to help get those great views! Then click planets and satellites for fun facts and statistics!
I am dependent on others for translations as my first language is English :| If you know of anyone who would be interested...
At the end of every factbox chain there is a link to Wikipedia, I don't think there is enough room to put a link on each one.
Anti-clockwise? That depends on which way you think is up! But PlanetWerks is a fully rotatable simulation, so you can also hold down Z or X until the planets are orbitting in the direction you prefer
Nice! Space is one of my fields of interest, so this widget is among my favourites. Please make it multi-linqual. Provide a link for further reading in every factbox. Don't the planets orbit anti-clockwise around the sun?
It's great! Very nice and useful widget! I've just translated it into Russian, so may I publish this translated version here? All copyrights are saved and license is not changed.
: The only thing I changed was the text in the factboxes which previously referred to Pluto as a planet. Pluto is still in this simulation I may add Ceres in an upcoming version, but probably not "Xena" unless I make significant changes to the orbiting equations. Right now there is no accounting for eccentricity and "Xena" has a highly elliptical orbit.
merrickal 作 , # 2007/01/13 15:22:58
There is already a Russian version which you can find here: http://widgets.opera.com/widget/5683
I am dependent on others for translations as my first language is English :| If you know of anyone who would be interested...
At the end of every factbox chain there is a link to Wikipedia, I don't think there is enough room to put a link on each one.
Anti-clockwise?
Thanks for your comment!
GreyWyvern 作 , # 2007/01/12 13:39:06
Erestor 作 , # 2007/01/11 20:56:42
You should get an academy award, this should be published for schools!
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
warpkasper 作 , # 2006/12/22 7:40:36
darklord48 作 , # 2006/12/01 20:01:06
Dragn 作 , # 2006/10/30 1:52:27
I've just translated it into Russian, so may I publish this translated version here? All copyrights are saved and license is not changed.
ry75 作 , # 2006/10/28 22:05:26
PaulOnPC 作 , # 2006/09/23 16:34:29
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I probably could, but it would almost certainly slow the animation of the widget itself to a crawl
GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/09/20 15:55:56
Request: Could you make the sun have animated solar flares ??
My hat goes off to you matey
PaulOnPC 作 , # 2006/09/17 6:35:18
Grretings from *digitaldouchebag*
digitaldouchebag 作 , # 2006/09/15 13:23:00
The only thing I changed was the text in the factboxes which previously referred to Pluto as a planet. Pluto is still in this simulation
Sawant:
No worries!
GreyWyvern 作 , # 2006/09/07 20:36:26
Nishant Sawant 作 , # 2006/09/07 15:45:06
<grin>
I gather it's not set in stone yet - Planet Wars!
What about a config check box to allow us to follow the little planet's fortunes?
chris :-)
chrisgl 作 , # 2006/09/02 10:40:43
Thanks
praveershukla 作 , # 2006/09/01 15:08:39
Great.
seeg 作 , # 2006/08/18 23:54:02
lgethins 作 , # 2006/08/14 9:24:48
What makes this widget really great are those interesting facts about the solar system
Indyan 作 , # 2006/06/25 17:49:24
Dima64 作 , # 2006/06/21 9:16:57
padule 作 , # 2006/06/19 15:54:49