[OT sort of] Clockwork model of the solar system is straight out of Myst - Engadget

"Graham W" wrote in message
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MichaelJP wrote:
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This is different...
http://tinyurl.com/235pdu

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/01/c...t-out-of-myst/

A modern orrery then, a nice conversation piece.

BTW anyone know if there is a software version of one of these? I
wasn't thinking of the usual planetarium software, more a working 3D
solar system which can animate, speed up, pause, and can be viewed
from any angle and zoomed in/out.

Starry Night from http://www.space.com/.


Starry Night turned out to be good for the planetarium side.

However, I found a far better 3D solar system simulation in Celestia, which
also had the advantage of being free and open source.

http://www.shatters.net/celestia/index.html