Solar System - Planet Movement Animation

Simple 2D animation of planet movement during 4 years with approximate orbital speed ratio.

[@37rainman]

Granted, the planets orbits r elliptical, but not nearly as much as we tend to visualize. Example: If u would draw a very accurate representation of earths orbit on paper with a major axis of 200 mm, erase the foci, but leave the major and minor axii on it, you could not distinguish it from a circle--not even with a ruler. The planets paths r really very circular--Nep and Ven r even more circular than earths.

[@snailinashell]

You are very smart

[@37rainman]

My point was one that almost nobody seems to realize--the true shape of the earths path. It is extremely accurately a circle. Fact is , if u draw a perfect 200 mm diameter circle and a perfect ellipse of .0167 eccentricity (earths) with a 200mm major axis, remove th representations of th foci, you could never with any measuring device you possess tell which one was the ellipse. (the minor axis would be 99.986% of the major--which is only 1/36th of a mm or 1/914th of an inch less).

[@juliusdaviesd]

This is truly amazing! Its amazing how little the outer planets seem to move at all compared to the inner planets! Imagine how long seasons would be there [assuming all of them have titlted axii]. Yeah I know, "what is a 'season' on a gas giant?" Must be intriguing to live on the moons of the gas giants though.. Irregular day and night, frequent eclipses. Real exciting I imagine!

[@WhyIsJupiterInTheFridge]

Mercury and Earth Alignments: 0:01 0:04 0:07 0:10 0:13 0:16 0:19 0:22 0:25 0:28 0:31 0:34 0:37 0:40

[@ZIONHIGH100]

I agree with those below. Our Solar system is in the Orion Belt or Arm and our Sun is traveling with the Orion Arm as the Milky Way Galaxy turns around and each planet is trailing or pulled along in an orbit that looks like a mechanical spring. Our Planet has an oval orbit and not a circular one. It is slanted on one side so the earth is closer and farther from the sun during one year!

[@37rainman]

Not only thinner, but incredibly thinner. If you used a typical .5 mm pencil, accurately lay the elipse atop the circle, the 2 lines would be about 97% overlapped. If u would similarly make such a representation of Mercs large eccentricity (.206), draw in the major/minor axi, remove the foci, and hold it 2 ft from someones eyes-- they probably couldn't tell u which was the major axis (th minor is 97.9% of the major)

[@idahemmingsen2069]

I had exactly the same thought actually

[@37rainman]

The orbit paths may be elliptical, but to such a small degree that the are almost perfect circles. Math anyone? (-;

[@Ghcyyhjk44r]

This complex magical order is evidence of the power of the supreme creator.❤❤

[@37rainman]

>>using your metric, there is not any motion in the universe that can be accurately described and studied--because there are an infinite number of reference points from which to examine it.......(-;

[@steveo4400]

Even a circle is agreed to be an elipse with the 2 foci in the same place and the orbital speed constant.

[@crossfireyouthsquad]

No, take a mirror, tape it with opaque tape to where a small part is reflecting the sun in a east facing window every 2 weeks or so put a mark on the celling (w/ the tape) and the path it takes is the shape of the orbit around the sun. this project takes a year to complete. ttyl ;-)

[@DaveDash]

Distances and planets sizes are wrong, elliptical trajectories ignored, and Neptune and Pluto's plans should be slightly disaxed too. However in response to others, venus spins counter-clockwise around its own axis but turns around the sun in the same direction as the other planets. Some other planets also turn around their own axis differently.

[@StrikaAmaru]

No, the planet itself spins counter-clockwise on its axis so the Sun rises in the West and sets on the East, but the planet itself orbits the Sun in the same direction as all other planets.

[@kelownascott]

Pulling the planets behind it. This is why we need more and better access to real information.

[@alexandramendozacasas5405]

Good animation.Wath program used?

[@eightiesjoe6108]

Mercury looks to be the planet that's usually closest to EVERY other planet!

[@kingklooneyville]

Why is Uranus further then Neptune?

[@charlescarroll7600]

Yeah

[@esterhughan3455]

Neptune and Pluto is one of the slowest planets to orbit Neptune takes about 185 years to do i orbit and Pluto does about 240 years to orbit because its miles away from the sun so long time.

[@crossfireyouthsquad]

The orbits are really elliptical or an oval, also since the sun revolves around the galaxy the orbits become spirals.

[@ImaginePeacePro]

@amanMhD Not unless you were traveling faster than the speed of light. It all depends on your speed.

[@wendellmclaughlin8289]

Due to extreem speep of light, you could travel back iin time. But more needs to experemnt before that can happen

[@TheYonderlander]

Isn't Venus supposed to run counter-clockwise?

[@37rainman]

Yes, of course, a circle is a special case of an ellipse

[@37rainman]

The rotational velocity at equator of sun is 2 km/sec-u r off by a factor of 1000 That's not so fast-- the earth velocity at equator is 1/4 of that but it is 1/100th the diameter.. Th sun takes 25 days to turn once. Yes, Merc orbit velocity is about 50kn/sec

[@esterhughan3455]

you know why Pluto is not a planet anymore because long time ago a space probe travel all the way Pluto it took 16 years but when they got there they went maybe a few million Km ahead and they saw that there were more rocks that are bigger than Pluto so they think that Pluto is just part of a rock now poor Pluto the space probe is still over there looking.Please comment this.

[@37rainman]

Assuming that u place your mark at th same precise time each day: The figure made would b what we call an "analemma".(google it). This is because of the earths 23+ degree tilt, and th fact that th earth does speed up and slow down in its revolution throughout th year. If neither of these conditions existed, it would simply b a dot. Never would it b th shape of the orbital path--a very accurate circle. An analemma is an odd shaped figure 8

[@sus6943]

wait why is uranus and Neptune is switched orbits and where is Pluto and I don't mind the sun being red because that's only for the red giant phase

[@KrisBendix]

This video deserves 10 hour version. If Nyan Cat and Epic Sax Guy has one, this video need one too.

[@wu10314]

also we are in a binary system. possibly a tri star system

[@amanMhD]

If we travel to venus and travel back to earth, does it mean we skip time?

[@SnakeBadAtMinecraft]

wtf the whole solar system is not correcr made by you sir

[@esterhughan3455]

Because is far away from the sun so its orbiting about 600,000km per hour so that's 185 years to do just 1 orbit.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

I agree, but that would be quite complicated to show.

[@Titanicpassenger1]

pause at 0:12 - that's the transit of Venus.

[@albertbaldry9464]

You did see your problem there right you flipped the earth over in a 180. Plus what is moving the planets.

[@esterhughan3455]

No not Uranus sometimes Pluto can be close to more than Neptune this is because of its orbit but now Pluto is not a planet anymore u know why.

[@leanos76dad]

Awesum stuff!!

[@beans9098]

Pluto: hi

[@steveo4400]

Interesting, that would be thinner than the line you've drawn, almost impossible.

[@teonjadixon2871]

Which planet has the largest volcano

[@Jose-Campos.]

💀

[@teonjadixon2871]

I know

[@zodiacastro1]

lovely.

[@PeterKott]

Cool model!!

[@Michal4767]

Frame bitmaps came from C# program i wrote and i used ffmpeg to make a video from them. It's just a homework for basic graphics class.

[@camilaalegre5698]

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[@Wholesome_Heaven]

Man your basics are like my final destination.

[@TheSnoody]

None of the planets are "rotating" in this video...I think you mistake "rotate" for "orbit"

[@smdrsdschoolpathankot1073]

venus does not rotate in the direction of the other planets

[@TrixieWolf]

This is showing revolution about the Sun, not rotation about the planetary axis.

[@pineapplepenumbra]

Well now we can see who the slackers are!

[@sannyboyggh5248]

Welcome to the future

[@bobbydean2]

mercury is hauling a** and Uranus and Neptune are slower then a turtle

[@joysabiga7873]

where did you do this??? i really need to make like this one also for my project in school hope you can respond

[@danam2535]

joy sabiga no

[@Frank-scoots]

I watched this at school

[@wellingtonmelo9647]

pluto in final

[@Steel5W]

This is only relative to the sun, not the whole galaxy.

[@greatworldanimations2235]

Mars: color gray

[@pencils1951]

Pluto is no longer a planet, and this illustration shows a completely incorrect orbit. The only thing it may give you is the approximation of relational planetary speeds even though the relative distances are ridiculous.

[@Stockton1956]

Even I know that Pluto's orbit dips inside that of Neptune occasionally.

[@MouseCrusader]

pluto has been reissued as a planet as of 2014

[@pencils1951]

MouseCrusader Would that be by the same committee on which Degrasse sits, as it was that committee that downgraded it to a planetoid? This something I have not yet read.

[@MouseCrusader]

Justin Case well it is and it isn't. The IAU still doesn't consider it as a planet, but 2 members of the Harvard- Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics says that the definition of a planet changes overtime, but this doesn't hold any "official" weight to it. So it's kind of in a limbo (if that makes any sense).

[@nevillemadden5210]

WRONNNGGGGG !!! ... Anything you have read or heard about Pluto being Reclassified as a 'Planet', is either: 1.) .. Speculation that is could be reclassified as a Planet !!! 2.) .. Suggestions that is has Been or Will Be, by Astronomers, rather than Planetary Scientists !!! 3.) .. An April Fool's Day Joke: Which DID Happen in 2014 !!! 4.) .. Plain Outright Bullsh*t !!! The International Astronomical Union (IAU) planet definition in 2006: A celestial body that (a) is in orbit around the sun, (b) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (c) has cleared the neighborhood around its orbit. Because the IAU took it upon itself early in the 20th century to be the body that names and defines things in space, this definition is why Pluto is no longer considered a major planet. In other words, Pluto - though it has a moon, an atmosphere, weather and many planet-like qualities - has not yet cleared the neighborhood of its orbit in space. Pluto does not orbit the Sun in the normal manner like the other planets. It is in the Kuiper Belt, and orbits the Sun on a slant in relation to the orbits of the actual Planets; and it intersects the Orbits of Neptune and Uranus. To call Pluto a Planet, would be like calling an Asteroid that is shaped like a planet, or a Comet, a Planet. Pluto, like Eris and Ceres, is a Dwarf Planet.

[@vidyabw]

Hi, This animation is WRONG because the second planet VENUS will rotate opposite direction and not like other planets..so please correct and upload once again !!

[@ermek202]

Please i need this code

[@roosterplays2269]

hi

[@Steel5W]

I did check out that video then. I thought you were disagreeing with my first reply about relativity to the sun vs galaxy. You sounded like one of those crazy religious cooks when you said "the Earth does not revolve around the sun." I already knew about revolution in the galaxy. And don't forget the entire galaxy is also moving! But yeah, we are on the same side.

[@jjboy711]

dude i didn't talk about faith at all why you suddenly talk about faith ?

[@slevin741]

And the sun is static?This is not correct.

[@frecmeyvk1713]

I an the only one that it’s here because my science teacher told me to watch this?

[@esterhughan3455]

well thanks

[@Steel5W]

Am i jumping the gun, or is that what you were getting at? Everyone I have ever seen claim that the Earth does not revolve around the sun, has tried to use the Bible as evidence.

[@jjboy711]

better you type this in the youtube search bar (TRUTH! The Earth does not revolve around the Sun)type this

[@esterhughan3455]

Yes very long time.

[@cianthelegendaryraw4260]

Uranus is not 8th Neptune is not 7th

[@foreverbeep1339]

@@DumbintheHouse-Topic-qd3op yea didnt seem to be, but i just needed this t osee if earth would orbit the sun faster if it was closer. i just neede to compair the speed of the farther planets and the closer ones

[@majda202]

and they say there is no GOD wow .....

[@esterhughan3455]

i ll tell u how much distance all way to the sun. Mercury 57 million Km from the sun. Venus 110 million Km from the sun. Earth 150 million Km from the sun Mars 229 million Km form the sun Jupiter 775 million Km from the sun Saturn 1.4 billion Km from the sun Uranus 2.2 billion Km from the sun Neptune 4.4 billion Km from the sun Pluto 5.4 billion Km from the sun

[@jjboy711]

friend thank you for reply you better type this in your youtube search bar (TRUTH! The Earth does not revolve around the Sun)type this

[@bibafortuna]

what year is that red planet near to earth so obama send some humanoids there i guess the closer the better

[@6thirtytwo2ff]

I wonder if the speed of the planet effects its ability to sustain life,,

[@user-nt1oh4mv8c]

When see planet ..moving at direction...and other s ..we should know ..allah do all thinges..live ..thank you allah

[@aro6255]

Ester human I like your answer

[@phantomjackalope1]

LOL!!!!....STELLA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@robrobinhembram305]

It's 2016! Soon it's going to be 2017!!

[@haydenwhite9818]

Why am I commenting on this

[@kingklooneyville]

I know this was 5 months ago but i only just checked my inbox, i dont think you understand what i was saying. If you look at the video he put Uranus (lightblue) further then Neptune. I have no idea what you were going on about becuase your sentence structure sucks

[@teezsultanhamraa5889]

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[@37rainman]

Do you actually take the nonsense you see on you tube seriously? Just because the solar system orbits the galactic center, and also has other motions within the galaxy, does not in any way imply that the earth doesn't orbit the sun in a planar orbit. All you do with this nonsense is confuse yourself and others to the point you never truly learn about the universe you exist in. All motion is only in relation to other objects, so your helix is not absolute in any way anyhow.....>>

[@Steel5W]

Nah, that actually sounds terrible. Unlike you, I do not settle for ignorance. There is nothing wrong with having faith, as long as it is not BLIND faith. I'd be glad to explain any complicated concepts in simple terms.

[@37rainman]

Nonsense! It demonstrates no such thing. You also never have done what you recommend. You appear to not even be able to visualize what we mean by the "shape of the orbital path of a planet". I said, "math anyone?". You yourself said "the orbits are really elliptical...", so simply show me some real math to describe the true shape of your ellipse (maybe earths). You will never be able to do even basic astronomy without the tool of math.

[@majda202]

tells me ur athiest :/