zachalbert/orrerygpt

A ChatGPT-assisted solar system simulator

OrreryGPT

This project was built with the assistance of ChatGPT4, through much trial and error.

The data comes from Solar System OpenData (view github).

Simulation Accuracy

Space is big, so I had to make several tweaks for aesthetic reasons.

• The orbital periods for planets and moons are sped up significantly. At the default speed, Earth will complete a full orbit in 365.256 seconds (1 day == 1 second). The other moons and planets orbit accurately in relation to that scale.
• The sizes of planets are not to scale, but are sized proportionately within a minimum and maximum range
• The orbital distances are evenly spaced for visual reasons. Plans and moons are accuratley ordered by their Semimajor axis, but the actual diameter of the orbit is not to scale.
• Not all moons and bodies are shown. All of the inner moons are shown (Earth's Luna, and Mars' Phobos and Deimos). Of the outer planet moons, only moons with a mean radius of 80km or above are shown.
• The colors are made up.

Develop

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.

npm run build

Builds the app for production to the build folder.

npm run deploy

Deploy to github pages.