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

This is different...
http://tinyurl.com/235pdu
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/01/c...t-out-of-myst/

wrote in message
oups.com...
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.

MichaelJP wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
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/.

HTH

--
--
Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/ XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial
WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro.org.uk/ Wessex Astro Society's Website
Dorset UK Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps

On Sep 6, 11:55 am, "Graham W" wrote:
MichaelJP wrote:
wrote in message
roups.com...
This is different...
http://tinyurl.com/235pdu

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/01/c...he-solar-syste...



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 fromhttp://www.space.com/.

HTH

--
--
Graham W http://www.gcw.org.uk/XP1800+ Page added, Graphics Tutorial
WIMBORNE http://www.wessex-astro.org.uk/Wessex Astro Society's Website
Dorset UK Info, Meeting Dates, Sites & Maps

I read the latest news from that website and the extreme symptoms that
now pervade missions to space involving the largest organisations on
the planet -

http://www.space.com/news/070905_nas...deinstein.html

The creations which give rise to the Piltdown man episode * are
miniscule compared to the sheer audacity involved in rigging
astronomical insights to suit the 'gravitational' agenda and it all
began with a simple error created by John Flamsteed.Even if nobody
ever clues into what occured in terms of clocks/terrestrial longitudes
and the axial cycle on one side and the false approach to and
resolution of retrogrades on the other,the astonishing sequence of
events that leads to this present era where men look for 'dark'
solutions has no parallel in human history or rather it is inhumane
history.

The worse part is not that I know the difference between the correct
astronomical princioples and the later phony ones introduced by
Flamsteed/Newton,the worst part is knowing that others do as well but
do nothing,almost like Piltdown man except many degrees pf magnitude
larger.












* http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_...seAndFall.html

"Graham W" wrote in message
...
MichaelJP wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
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