Solar System Simulator
A realistic simulator of our solar system based on Kepler’s laws of planetary motion.
Features:
- Realistic modeling of celestial objects:
- Physical characteristics such as mean radius and axial tilt
- Orbital characteristics such as eccentricity, inclination, rotation period, and orbital period
- Point representation of Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs)
- Planet textures
- Complete time flow control
- Third-person camera that can be used to observe planets:
- from a fixed point
- following the planet’s rotation
This project constituted a semester assignment for the “Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality” course at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Patras.