Cool Website !!!

[ZeroID (Brent)]

Check this out if you ever wanted to explain to anyone about the Solar System

http://dd.dynamicdiagrams.com/wp-con...rrery_2006.swf

Might need to wait a little while it loads

[spearo (Frank)]

nice digital orrery
Well found
its beautiful
frank

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

That's great, thanks for sharing!

[supernova1965 (Warren)]

It is great and beautiful but It doesn't have PLUTO Scale is a little out too who knew that the earth and sun were the same size. But seriously I love it a great resource

[peterl]

Thanks Brent..
This is great for my wife Sue when she is trying to work out where
all the objects are at any one time..
and as you said --great to show people when they come to the observatory..

Peter

[bloodhound31]

I love how it shows how the old geocentrical model would have worked. Standing on the ground, the sky would appear identical, but we now know that large masses do not orbit small masses.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

I love how it shows how the old geocentrical model would have worked. Standing on the ground, the sky would appear identical, but we now know that large masses do not orbit small masses.

Click on Tychonian button on the bottom right.

[bloodhound31]

Originally Posted by mswhin63

Click on Tychonian button on the bottom right.

Yeah that...

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Yeah that...

Think of the amazing views of Jupiter and Saturn if it was really like this

[bloodhound31]

Originally Posted by mswhin63

Think of the amazing views of Jupiter and Saturn if it was really like this

To me, it looks like it wouldn't look any different. When Jupiter comes closest to Earth on it's orbital track, click quickly between Tychonian and Copernican. You will see the distance doesn't change. Am I right or am I not understanding this correctly?

Baz.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

To me, it looks like it wouldn't look any different. When Jupiter comes closest to Earth on it's orbital track, click quickly between Tychonian and Copernican. You will see the distance doesn't change. Am I right or am I not understanding this correctly?

Baz.

Earth is the planet standing still and the gap between Earth and the outer planets are changing distance to Earth. Earth is the big blue ball, totally out of proportion.

Jupiter and Saturn are getting close depending on time of the year. I am assuming they were not able to measure the distance accurately at the time for the outer planets.

[mangrovedutch (Dutch)]

Thanks for sharing, that is awesome.

Regards, Dutch