The scope of this app is amazing, makes me feel insignificant haha, but its pretty cool comparing the planets in our solar system to other planets many lightyears away. This is a killer App! 9.5/10.
I know that feeling... we've only spotted a tiny fraction of the planets in our region of space, let alone the galaxy, and there's some really bizarre stuff in just that small sample.
The Kepler spacecraft has detected a further 2,300+ candidates, of which 90% will probably turn out to be real planets. It's only watching a small part of the sky.
We should soon start to see more rocky, Earth sized planets in the data too, since detection techniques are getting better all the time.
I just purchased this app. It looks simply amazing. I use the solar system explorer application with my children to teach them about our solar system. Output to the big screen helps dramatically This app will sit side by side with it. Thank you.
I just purchased this app. It looks simply amazing. I use the solar system explorer application with my children to teach them about our solar system. Output to the big screen helps dramatically This app will sit side by side with it. Thank you.
thanks for linking.. the bb site seems to hate my opera browser :|
Are the spacecraft positions in solar system explorer correct? Cassini seems far from Saturn.
No, they aren't in the correct locations. They are very detailed, so if they were close to the planet models, it would cause framerate issues, even on a Playbook. The main culprits are Saturn and Uranus with the rings and all the moons they have. Jupiter isn't far behind.
No, they aren't in the correct locations. They are very detailed, so if they were close to the planet models, it would cause framerate issues, even on a Playbook. The main culprits are Saturn and Uranus with the rings and all the moons they have. Jupiter isn't far behind.
Hmm... I just had an idea for a workaround for this issue... I suppose if I just hide the moons and suspend the orbit simulation it would work. I'd have to simplify the textures used by the spacecraft, but it probably wouldn't be noticeable...
Hmm... I just had an idea for a workaround for this issue... I suppose if I just hide the moons and suspend the orbit simulation it would work. I'd have to simplify the textures used by the spacecraft, but it probably wouldn't be noticeable...
it won't change soon, but it's on my list now.
Do you have any other apps in progress? perhaps ExoGalaxy explorer? I wanna looks at some pulsars!
Hmm... I just had an idea for a workaround for this issue... I suppose if I just hide the moons and suspend the orbit simulation it would work. I'd have to simplify the textures used by the spacecraft, but it probably wouldn't be noticeable...