Real Solar System 3D
@jin05302016A 3D solar system exploration game built on real astronomical data.
All eight planets from Mercury to Neptune orbit the Sun at their true relative orbital periods, each with its real axial tilt and orbital inclination. The Sun is the only light source, so every day/night terminator falls exactly where physics puts it.
Exploration missions
Pick a target planet from the mission panel on the left and your survey camera travels to it. On arrival the SCAN button at the bottom of the screen unlocks; completing a scan reveals real measurements — diameter, day length, year length, moon count, axial tilt and surface temperature — and scores 125 points. Scan all eight planets to complete the mission.
Realistic detail
- Mercury's cratered grey regolith
- Venus under thick yellow cloud
- Earth with continents, ocean depth, ice caps, a separately rotating cloud layer and the Moon
- Mars with iron-oxide red terrain and polar caps
- Jupiter's banded cloud belts and Great Red Spot
- Saturn's rings including the Cassini division
- Uranus tipped 97.8° on its side, Neptune's deep blue atmosphere
- A 4,200-star field and drawn orbital paths
Everything is playable with mouse clicks alone.
