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Solar System Scope

3D simulation of the Solar System and night sky - real time virtual orrery and observatory Features:

  • Heliocentric view with real-time positions of planets and planetary orbits
  • Schematic and realistic sizes of the planets and distances between them
  • Movement of the planets in time to see how they move in relation to each other - Virtual Orrery
  • Planetary exploration with info texts, images and additional views such as structure
  • Moons (Galilean moons, Deimos & Phobos, Titan and 15 others)
  • Dwarf planets (Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake. Eris) and their orbits
  • Comets (Siding Spring, Lovejoy 2013, Lovejoy 2011, Panstarrs, ISON, Halley, 67P, 209P) - positions and trajectories
  • Spacecraft Rosetta and its journey to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
  • Stars and constellation of the night sky as viewed from a given location - Virtual Observatory
  • Interactive night sky: point the device at the sky to see all objects in their proper place
  • Changes in the night sky during night, month and year
  • Advanced searching of the objects
  • Ecliptic line, grid lines and more