Dr. James O’Donoghue, a Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard created a brilliant animation of the planets in our solar system. Using NASA imagery for each planet, O’Donoghue plotted the exact rotation periods (in hours and days) and the angle at which they rotate (axial tilt). The sidereal days and axial tilts of Mercury-to-Neptune. Animation composed…
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Fascinating Animation Showing the Speed of Light in Real-Time Traveling Between the Earth, Moon and Mars
Planetary Scientist Dr. James O’Donoghue of NASA Goddard created a fascinating animation that shows the speed of light in real-time traveling between the Earth, moon and Mars. The planetary objects and distances represented to scale. Like his other animations, O’Donoghue used data and imagery from NASA as his source This is the distance between Earth,…
How an Icy Rain Is Causing Saturn’s Rings to Disappear
Dr. James O’Donoghue, the Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard who created the brilliant animation visualizing the speed and angle at which the eight largest planets revolve, has created another fascinating animation to accompany interesting news about Saturn. Per an informative paper written by O’Donoghue and other team members, the rings around Saturn are disappearing due…
