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The planets of our solar system viewed in the Moon's orbit
- Kilimanjaro 14y agoExtend your arm with a quarter between your thumb and index. That's the moon. Now take a coaster in your hand. That's our earth as seen from the moon.
- netcan 14y agoIt would be pretty cool to be a moon orbiting Jupiter
- pavel_lishin 14y agoHas anyone done the math on what would happen if we were? Would the heat coming from Jupiter be enough to keep Earth warm enough for life?
- harold 14y agoJupiter's radiation belts make for a very inhospitable place. http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3010/hiding-from-jupiters-radiation http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3010/hiding-from-jupiters-...
- kaybe 14y agoNo, but you might get enough heat from tidal forces. (like here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29#Tidal_heating http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_%28moon%29#Tidal_heating )
- derefr 14y agoOh, I interpreted this headline slightly differently--I was expecting to see a set of epicycle-orbit-diagrams given the Moon as the center of the Solar system.
- dddddannyyyyy 14y agoFor diagrams with Earth as the center, see: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/work/orrery/ http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/work/orrery/ Launch the Flash simulation, click on Tychonian, and trace a planet. Venus is unexpected.
- leeoniya 14y agoalso of interest http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Star-sizes.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Star-size... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Planet-star-sizes-01.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Planet-st...
- Steuard 14y agoThis is neat to see, though I'll admit I was hoping to see broader views of what the sky would look like if, say, Jupiter or Saturn were that close to us. If you're interested in a direct size comparison like this, I've recently made a poster for our campus planetarium that shows all the planets at once. It's CC licensed, so you're welcome to print your own copy: http://www.slimy.com/~steuard/teaching/solarsystem/ http://www.slimy.com/~steuard/teaching/solarsystem/
- kitsune_ 14y agoI've recently bought my first telescope, a 6" reflector. I'm glad I bought it instead of a new iPad or Retina MacBook. I fear that with the current urbanization trends, in the near future most people will never live to see a dark night sky. Considering that astronomy played a huge role in early human history and civilization, I think we're losing a huge part of the human experience.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoWayne Rosing has [1] a company that put telescopes out into places with good viewing conditions, a camera sensor, and an internet connection. Scheduling time on his 'mini' telescopes was pretty easy at one time. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cumbres_Observatory_Global_Telescope_Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cumbres_Observatory_Global_...