Space Simulation Software Astronomy
Space Simulation Software Astronomy
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Xstar N-body Solver - [open source - Unix] Displays results to the screen or can be used as a screen saver. Includes a college level introductory text on the n-body problem.
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Solar System Applet - [online Java applet] This 3-d solar system applet can be rotated and zoomed with the mouse. Below it are links to other online gravity simulators and resources for building solar system simulations.
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Universe Sandbox - Interactive space simulator created by Dan Dixon. It includes the solar system, the nearest 1000 stars, the local group of galaxies and an unlimited number of fictional scenarios.
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3D Solar System Simulator - A free Java application that shows an interactive 3D representation of the planets and satellites of the solar system.
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StarStrider software 3D planetarium - [shareware - Win 98/ME/2K/XP] A 3D software planetarium. Photo realistic real-time 3D renderings of 2 million stars, galaxies, nebulae, and the Milky Way. Includes several educative tutorials.
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Gravity Simulator - [freeware - Win 9x/NT/2k/XP] Simulates orbits of planets and other celestial bodies.
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AstroFly - [freeware - Win 98/ME/2000/XP] Three-dimensional models of the Milky Way neighborhood.
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Gravel - [freeware - Windows] Models the interaction between bodies in space according to Newtonian physics.
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The Celestia Motherlode - The addon repository for the 3-D space simulator Celestia. It includes tours, spacecraft, asteroids and fictional universes.
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GrandTour - Accurate wireframe simulator for the Voyager and Giotto space missions, with animation capability. Developed at JPL for science/navigation, and filmed by the BBC/NOVA. Conveniently runs from any Windows/DOS. Freeware.
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Copernic Space Simulator - A freeware program that allows the user to navigate through the solar system neighbourhood at different times in past or future and see the sky in a stereographic projection.
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Earthsim - [Commercial, demo available - Windows XP/Vista] Online 3D solar system browser, screensaver and interactive encyclopaedia.
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Addons for the Celestia Space Simulator - A site providing several additional surfaces, scripts and extra data for expanding the Celestia universe.
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VRMars-Spirit: The Red Planet Mars 3D - Virtual reality software covering Mars exploration, enabling the user to take a virtual tour of the planet and get 3D views of the surroundings.
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MPL3D Solar System - Interactive 3D space simulation of the close universe in real time.
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ChView - [Freeware - Win3.x/95] A three-dimensional aid to viewing some of the nearer stars of our galaxy, navigating the distances between them, and accessing basic stellar information.
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SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip! - SpaceWander's award-winning multimedia tour of the Universe features real space pictures from NASA
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OpenUniverse - [open source - Win95/98/NT/2000 or Unix/Linux and OpenGL] Newest NASA data creates a fast 3D display of our home solar system, 25000 stars, galaxy, planets, moons, asteroids and even controllable spacecraft.
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Starry Night - [commercial - Win95/98/NT, Macintosh] A planetarium and solar-system simulator; lets you view the universe from anywhere in our planetary neighbourhood in the past, present, and future.
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Spacesimulator.net - Provides tutorials on how to program a 3d engine for a space simulation.
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Celestia - A free 3D space simulator that lets you travel through the solar system and beyond to over 100,000 stars. [Windows, Mac; Open source]
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Solar Kingdom - [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A solar system simulator and planetarium, with planetary encyclopaedia.
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Liftoff Space Simulator - [commercial - Windows] Hands-on presentations and simulations about being an astronaut and commanding the space shuttle.
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