6 projects tagged "Astronomy"
Updated 03 Apr 2008
Celestia
| Pop | 317.45 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 5.53 |
Celestia is an OpenGL-based 3D space simulation for Unix and Win32 that lets you travel through the solar system, to the stars, and even beyond the galaxy. Visit over 100,000 stars, 100 solar system bodies, and all known extrasolar planets.
Updated 20 Jun 2007
Planets
| Pop | 92.87 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 4.16 |
Planets is a fun, interactive program for many-body gravity simulations. The emphasis is on play: it's easy to add in planets, zoom in and out, change the physical constants, save and load configurations, etc. It's designed to be easy enough for a kid to enjoy, but that hardly precludes adults.
Updated 12 Jul 2009
ORSA
| Pop | 80.42 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 5.48 |
ORSA is an interactive tool for scientific grade Celestial Mechanics computations. Asteroids, comets, artificial satellites, Solar, and extra-Solar planetary systems can be accurately reproduced, simulated, and analyzed.
Updated 28 May 2003
libposition
| Pop | 50.95 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 1.74 |
libposition provides a set of functions for calculating motion and displacement in one-, two-, and three-dimensional space. It is part of The Universe Project.
Updated 04 Aug 2006
Mars MOLA Viewer
| Pop | 72.24 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 2.34 |
Mars MOLA Viewer displays a fly-over rendering of the Martian surface, as measured by the Mars Global Surveyor, in real-time 3D animation. It downloads the Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter topographic data files and uses them to drive the rendering. The user controls the position and the angle of the camera, and can move seamlessly over the entire Martian surface from -88 to 88 degrees latitude. It is a Java Web Start program with 1-click installation from your browser (depending on platform/browser).
Updated 10 Mar 2006
Simulum
| Pop | 64.81 |
|---|---|
| Vit | 1.92 |
Simulum deals with different simulations of star movements and their visualizations. At first it looks at the projection and accumulation of star brightness. In actually doing this it distributes stars among a three dimensional figure. To get a nice effect it combines the photographic image production with a moving view point. So the outcome is the visual impression of flying through a star field. Secondly it studies different algorithms of particle movements and clustering. The primary approach uses a combination of Newton's gravitational law, energy, and impulse conservation. At all these stages an highly dynamic view of the processes is able to be produced.
