PlanetFun

Planet Fun is a 4D simulation of the solar system (3D+Time). It shows the Sun, Moon, 9 planets and the star background. The app was developed with Delphi, and runs on multiple platforms. App open source code (Delphi FMX) is available at: https://github.com/omarreis/vsop2013 Planet positions are calculated using VSOP2013 and VSOP87. Moon positions use ELP2000. Star background contains 42455 stars of Hipparcos Input Catalogue, with optional constellation lines and names. Program features: * Solar system animation with configurable speed * Choose camera target (Sun, planets, Moon) * A lighthouse marks the user position on Earth (uses GPS) * Set date/time between years 1500 and 3000 * Configurable camera distance-to-target * Touch gestures: one finger pan, two finger zoom and two finger rotation * Show planet orbits. Each orbit is represented by 52 dots ( For the Earth, it is 1 dot per week) * Star background, with constellation patterns. * Actual 3D spheres for the 150 brightest stars. * Celestial sphere background image, with optional names and constellation lines. * Solar system heliocentric axis (x and z) * Activate phone sensor for augmented reality mode. The scene moves to match the real world. Use the [phone] button for that. Source code and documentation covers many aspects of astronomical algorithms. video: https://www.tiktok.com/@omar_reis/video/6859411602031119622