If the Moon were replaced with some of our planets
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2. cameramaster commented 11 years ago
I was halfway expecting to see a couple of Na'vi go loping across the foreground.. Interesting video !
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9. Thanny commented 11 years ago
Doing the simulation with a daytime scene was a great choice. The Jupiter rotation in particular looked awesome.
Putting something with Earth's mass only 400Mm away from Saturn would seriously change the structure of the ring system, though, so that one was bound to be off.
Putting something with Earth's mass only 400Mm away from Saturn would seriously change the structure of the ring system, though, so that one was bound to be off.
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10. Gorf commented 11 years ago
I love how there are so many discussions on how inaccurate this would be because of gravitational interference, yet nobody has mentioned that by turning the camera 90 degrees to the right, he could have had the shadow on the video matching the shadow on the planets.
It's probably also worth mentioning that the reference point matters. If the distances are being measured centre to centre (which is likely), Jupiter is 20% bigger than if the distances are being measured surface to surface. If the latter, we wouldn't be inside the sun, but it would still be quite warm.
It's probably also worth mentioning that the reference point matters. If the distances are being measured centre to centre (which is likely), Jupiter is 20% bigger than if the distances are being measured surface to surface. If the latter, we wouldn't be inside the sun, but it would still be quite warm.
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11. loadrunner commented 11 years ago
#10 that would be like this.
http://www.snotr.com/video/8001/Planets_viewed_from_Earth_as_if_they_were_at_the_Distance_of_our_Moon
http://www.snotr.com/video/8001/Planets_viewed_from_Earth_as_if_they_were_at_the_Distance_of_our_Moon
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15. slightlyph commented 11 years ago
I think Jupiter and Saturn would be a lot bigger at the moon's distance.
+13 1. gpullen commented 11 years ago