Planet Circulation Model

Vorticity model of an exosolar planet. The planet is in an eccentric orbit and is heated by the star.

This movie represents some work I've been doing towards understanding and characterizing planets orbits around other stars (exoplanets). This particular planet is very exciting. It is approximately the size of Jupiter but orbits closers to the it's star than Mercury and the orbit is non-circular (e=0.7). As a result is it heavily irradiated and continuously heating up and displaying dramatic dynamics.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• science
• planet
• model
• atmosphere
• exoplanet
• vorticity
• simulation

[jasonfrowe]

@jakazza This is a hypothetical extra-solar planet in 30 day period with an eccentricity of 0.2

[jasonfrowe]

@nervous4nerd This is my own software. It solves the Navier-Stokes equations for a compressible fluid on a 2-D grid mapped onto a sphere.

[nervous4nerd]

could you please tell what software or CFD library was used to compute this animation?

[jakazza]

This could be bathwater for all I know but it still looks groovy. Which planet ?