Solar SystemSCALE ▾

orbit radius  =  80 · log₁₀(1 + aAU / 0.1)
planet radius =  4.2 · log₁₀(1 + Dkm / 1000)
moon radius   =  0.95 · log₁₀(1 + Dkm / 1000)
moon orbit    =  Rparent + 10 · log₁₀(1 + dkm/2·10⁵)

Sizes and distances are logarithmically compressed so that Mercury and Neptune can share a screen. Satellite systems use their own (also logarithmic) constants, otherwise the Galilean moons would sit inside Jupiter. Orbital periods, rotation periods, axial tilts and orbital inclinations are real, uncompressed values. Orbits are drawn circular (eccentricity ignored); planet longitudes are seeded from their J2000 mean longitudes.

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