Around the Sun - Solar System

Explore the Solar System in a beautiful 3D model!

Panoramic view of the Solar System

See planets up close

Get to know points on the surface of planets and discover curiosities

Content in Portuguese or English

Runs offline

Planets in scale with each other

Welcome to the first version of Around the Sun !

Navigation and content include the eight planets, plus Pluto and Alpha Centauri!

Using the app Around the Sun is simple : Once you enter the application, you'll see a panoramic view of the Solar System in 3D. You can change the viewing angle with vertical slides and vary the distance of celestial bodies with zoom in and zoom out.

To move to a planet , just give it a tap . Thus you also accesses the description of the planets ! To view points of the surface simply interact with the model , rotating it until the highlighted points.

Credits:

Excellent soundtrack created by thatjeffcarter. Go to his profile at: http://www.freesound.org/people/thatjeffcarter/

Wikipedia.org

Nasa.gov

Keywords : around the sun, sun, solar system, solar system 3d, space, planets, celestial body, universe, planetarium, galaxy, astronomy, asteroids, Alpha Centauri.