World Outside The Window

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December 4, 2020

If the Moon were only 1 pixel

A nice visualization of our solar system, and good fun too.

In this interactive demo, the Moon is one pixel across and everything else is scaled to that, including the distances between planets. Get ready to scroll. A lot.

If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel

...just use right and left arrow keys accordingly.

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2020年12月04日

Another favorite of mine:

Fly Through The Solar System At The Speed Of Light With This Video

Space is really, really big, and there’s been a couple of great videos out there that show off the relative size of objects. This video puts the scale of the solar system into real perspective by showing how it takes you pass through the solar system at the speed of light.

Light travels 299,792,458 m/s, and it takes just over 45 minutes from the surface of the sun to reach Jupiter. This video takes you past the planets at lightspeed, and it shows off just how long it takes to get around the solar system.

I’ve taken liberties with certain things like the alignment of planets and asteroids, as well as ignoring the laws of relativity concerning what a photon actually “sees” or how time is experienced at the speed of light, but overall I’ve kept the size and distances of all the objects as accurate as possible. I also decided to end the animation just past Jupiter as I wanted to keep the running length below an hour.