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Home / Science / Astronomy / Software / Space Simulation
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- 1st Light - Solar System Simulation - [freeware & commercial versions - Windows] A fully interactive 3D solar system creation tool and screensaver that allows you to throw out a thumb and hitch a ride through our incredible solar system.
www.vibrant3d.com/products/1stLight/1stlight.htm
- 3D Solar System Simulator - A Java applet that shows an interactive 3D representation of the planets and satellites of the solar system.
www.inicia.es/de/avillanueva
- 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]
www.shatters.net/celestia
- 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.
www.maths.tcd.ie/~jaymin/chview/chv0.htm
- Cosmotropolis - Currently, a working 3D space simulator (step 1). Soon to be networked with support for real-time space exploration (like landing on planets).
www.cosmotropolis.com
- 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.
www.faithreason.org/grandtour
- Gravel - [freeware - Windows] Models the interaction between bodies in space according to Newtonian physics.
www.rcl-software.org.uk/gravel
- Gravel - Free simulation software which models the interaction between bodies in space according to Newtonian physics.
homepage.ntlworld.com/rcl-software/gravel
- Guide to the Galaxy - Stella 2000 - [Win 9x/Me/NT/2000 shareware] Mixes sky simulator and astronomical encyclopedia with speaking guide. Simulates most aspects of the space-watching experience. Other free astronomy software included.
www.stella2000.com
- OpenUniverse - [open source - Win95/98/NT/2000 or Unix/Linux & OpenGL] Newest NASA data creates a fast 3D display of our home solar system, 25000 stars, galaxy, planets, moons, asteroids and even controllable spacecraft.
www.openuniverse.org
- Orrery - [commercial - Acorn/StrongARM RISC OS] An orrery is a physical or virtual model of our solar system.
www.photodesk.ltd.uk/space/orrery/index.html
- Planetary Simulation - [commercial, demo available - Windows] Planets is a simulation where you can define a number of objects --stars, suns, or planets. Once defined, you can run the simulation and watch what happens as gravity acts on these objects.
www.geocities.com/askompany/software.html
- Sky3D - [shareware - Win95/98/NT] Offers realistic views of entire sky with interactive and three-dimensional view modes.
www.sky3d.com
- Solar Kingdom - [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A solar system simulator and planetarium, with planetary encyclopaedia.
www.silverfrost.com
- 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.
www.burtleburtle.net/bob/physics/solar.html
- Solar System Visualization - [free - online] Animations and movies of solar system objects and spacecraft.
www-ssv.jpl.nasa.gov/SSV
- Space simulator and 3d engine tutorials - Space simulators reviews and tutorials to program a 3d engine for a space sim.
www.spacesimulator.net
- SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip! - SpaceWander's award-winning multimedia tour of the Universe features real space pictures from NASA
www.spacewander.com
- 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.
www.starrynight.com
- StarStrider software 3D planetarium - [Win 9x/ME/2K/XP shareware] 3D planetarium program designed to let you visit any location in our stellar neighborhood.
www.starstrider.com
- Virtual Galaxy Project - [freeware - DOS] Interactive 3D virtual reality Solar System which allows users to "fly" to and around nearby stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
www.ccm.net/~jrsmith/index.html
- 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.
www.midwestcs.com/xstar
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