Page 1 of 1

Project SolarNice - building the past and future of the solar system

Posted: 19.10.2022, 07:43
by EarthMoon
Project SolarNice - building the past and future of the solar system

This project is named after the Nice model, a model simulating the history of out solar sys.
The goal of this project:

Making timelines for each planet, moon, dwarf planet, and the sun from the sun's birth (~5 billion years ago) to the end (~10 billion years from now), 1000 Celestia years = 1 billion simulation years, starting at (Cel. time) -3000 Jan 01, so the current real-life date is near the current simulation date.

With other words:

Code: Select all

Cel. time   Simulated (SolarNice) time
-3000:       5.0 bya (project's start)
-2500:       4.5 bya (billion years ago)
-1500:       3.5 bya
-500:        2.5 bya
500:         1.5 bya
1500:        0.5 bya
2000:        0.0 byfn (billion years from now, now = 2000)
2500:        0.5 byfn
3500:        1.5 byfn
4500:        2.5 byfn
5500:        3.5 byfn
6500:        4.5 byfn
7500:        5.5 byfn
8500:        6.5 byfn
9500:        7.5 byfn
10500:       8.5 byfn
11500:       9.5 byfn
12000:      10.0 byfn (project's end)

E.g. if you set Celestia's time to 2500, SolarNice should show the solar sys as it will be in 0.5 billion years from now


Cel. time = Celestia time: The time (UTC) that Celestia shows in the upper-right corner
Sim. time = Simulation time: The time that SolarNice simulates at the corresponding Cel. time (see "table" above)

Useful URLs:

Julian Date Converter


Everyone is free to contribute to this project!