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PlanetFun is a 4D solar system simulation (3D + time)
Sun, planets, Moon and star positions are calculated using
various astronomical methods.
App source code (Delphi Firemonkey) is available at:
https://github.com/omarreis/vsop2013
PlanetFun features:
* Solar system animation with configurable speed
* Set any local date and time
* Choose camera target (Sun, planets, etc)
* Configurable camera distance-to-target
* Touch gestures: one finger pan, two finger zoom, two finger rotation
* show planet orbits. Each orbit is represented by 52 dots (for Earth it is one dot per week)
* Heliocentric axis (x and z)
* VSOP2013 and VSOP87 planet position calculations
* Moon positions calculations ELP2000
* Star background image with 42455 stars of the Hipparcos Input Catalogue
* Star and constellation lines and names ( a celestial sphere image )
* Constellation drawings ( 31 constellations )
* actual 3D spheres for the 150 brightest stars
* Lighthouse on Earth on your GPS position
* phone in the scene is positioned according to phone sensors (Azimuth,Elevation,Roll)
* click the phone button to enter augmented reality mode.
* Almanac module allows exploring the ephemeris calculators (stars, planets, Sun, Moon, Earth)
controls:
* camera distance and angle of view.
* planet scales
* local time, time animation speed
* control visibility of various interface elements
* app uses sensors compass, gyro and GPS - requires permission
This app collects no user data.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
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Pocket Planets gives you all the information you need about our solar system and human activity in space.
Learn more about all 565 astronauts who been to space. What was their mission? How long had they been up there?
See who is in space now!
Get notified when somebody goes into space.
Get up to date information about every planet and moon in the solar system.
Including:
- Physical characteristics: mass, radius, density, gravity, escape velocity
- Orbital characteristics: real-time distance from the Sun and Earth, orbital period, orbital speed, eccentricity, apsis, periapsis, visualise orbit
- Atmosphere: pressure, atmospheric composition
- Images from Nasa
- Moons: compare their size and distance
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
Store Rank
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December 11, 2024