Orrery

7 years ago

Click Tychonian and then Trace Planet to see the epicycles!

Tags: mpegs, religion, space, xscreensaver

6 Responses:

1. Jason Martens says:

   7 years ago at 7:12 pm

   If only Galileo had Flash.

   This will make an awesome hack for xscreensaver.

   • James C. says:

     7 years ago at 9:16 am

     I second that emotion.

2. Otto says:

   7 years ago at 8:55 pm

   FF to July 2079 for a really close planetary alignment. :)

   • jwz says:

     7 years ago at 10:58 pm

     We're all gonna die!!!

3. Joshua says:

   7 years ago at 4:08 am

   This is a pretty good tutorial for explaining how retrograde motion happens.

4. Glaurung_quena says:

   7 years ago at 10:29 pm

   Sigh, if only it also had a Ptolemaic option...