This is great... Fact like surface temp, earth years it take for one 'x' (ie - jupiter) year, etc would all be nifty little additions.

Full screen mode and 3D acceleration might be a bit much to ask, yes?

By Deth On A Stik, # Mar 28, 2007 10:55:44 AM

By chesss, # Feb 21, 2007 10:32:11 PM

By salem407i, # Jan 23, 2007 0:23:52 AM

@merrickal:
Pluto is still in this simulation, but it is still the same size as before. IOW, very very small

It is also on a 17 degree incline wrt the other planets as it is in the actual solar system. Make sure you're looking all around outside the orbit of Neptune and you'll find it eventually

You may find it easier to halt the motion of the planets (C) and use the Q, W, A, S, Z, X, J and K keys to move around the system manually.

I thought about putting in a mechanism to move the planets automatically to focus in on each of them, but a) it would be a lot of work, and b) I think it's more fun to find them yourself

By GreyWyvern, # Jan 16, 2007 4:43:59 AM

By merrickal, # Jan 13, 2007 3:22:58 PM

@Erestor:
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? 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

Thanks for your comment!

By GreyWyvern, # Jan 12, 2007 1:39:06 PM

By Erestor, # Jan 11, 2007 8:56:42 PM

By warpkasper, # Dec 22, 2006 7:40:36 AM

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By Dragn, # Oct 30, 2006 1:52:27 AM

By ry75, # Oct 28, 2006 10:05:26 PM

Shame that - would have been über-cool

By PaulOnPC, # Sep 23, 2006 4:34:29 PM

Many, many thanks for all the comments everyone!

@PaulOnPC:
I probably could, but it would almost certainly slow the animation of the widget itself to a crawl

By GreyWyvern, # Sep 20, 2006 3:55:56 PM

Beautiful widget - absolutely brilliant !!

Request: Could you make the sun have animated solar flares ??

My hat goes off to you matey !!

By PaulOnPC, # Sep 17, 2006 6:35:18 AM

absu-bloody-lutely-brilliant !



Grretings from *digitaldouchebag*

By digitaldouchebag, # Sep 15, 2006 1:23:00 PM

@chrisgl:
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.

@Nishant Sawant:
No worries!

By GreyWyvern, # Sep 7, 2006 8:36:26 PM

By Nishant Sawant, # Sep 7, 2006 3:45:06 PM

By chrisgl, # Sep 2, 2006 10:40:43 AM

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By seeg, # Aug 18, 2006 11:54:02 PM