The Solar System (WIP)

This animation is a WIP using 3ds Max 9. I am using the Solar System to practice, gain experience, and learn more about 3ds Max. With only a week of experience, I still have much to learn.

I was inspired to make animations from all of the "scaling" videos of planets and stars available on YouTube. The problem that I see is that all of the animations feature the exact same stars and planets. Once I finalize this WIP which deals only with the planets of the Solar System and the Sun, I will move on to more unique comparisons.

So far this WIP features:

-Accurate scaling
-Accurate oblateness
-Accurate axial tilts with respect to the ecliptic plane

New features to be added:

-Text with the radius of each celestial body with respect to the Earth
-Make Saturn's rings more vivid
-Atmospheres for planets and corona for the Sun
-Better camera movement

Tell me what you think; feedback is appreciated.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Solar
• System
• WIP
• animation
• 3ds
• Max
• scale
• comparison
• size
• Sun
• planets

[m2258734a]

Sorry guys, I should have been paying more attention to this video :). Classes have been keeping me busy, so to be honest I have not had the time to make any significant changes to my WIP. However, I have learned how to create atmospheres, so maybe I'll post a sample of what I've come up with. Hopefully this summer I will have more time to finish what I started.

[CharlieTeague]

Mercury is bit too big.

[m2258734a]

Hey CharlieTeague. All values for planetary radii used in the WIP can be found in the most recent scientific publication of the IAU/IAG Working Group. Mercury's radius in the WIP is 2439.7 km. So no worries; Mercury's size is accurately represented.

[ockhamrazor]

Just remember for your final version, it's "Mu Cephei," not "My Cephei."

[m2258734a]

Hey thanks, but the final version of this WIP will not include any new celestial bodies other than what is seen in the current video. What I plan to do next is make a whole new video and compare the Sun with some of the brightest, most luminous, and largest stars in our night sky. I'm thinking of using nearly 40 stars for this scene, but we will see.

[m2258734a]

There actually is a star called MY Cephei which happens to be a red supergiant, too. I don't know if I should include this star in my next scene, but if I do, I will be sure to differentiate the names of the two stars by referring to "Mu" as "μ".

[Newblish]

be sure to put canis majoris in there! its the largest known star to man, and approximately 2000 tiems the size of the sun.

[akaflint10]

Nice..I like how you show Saturn with its' rings.

[mpl3d]

Hey 50k visits, congratulations my friend :o)

[Evin062008]

wait no that's Venus sorry

[Evin062008]

Jupiter is too small

[3Drives]

@m2258734a M is the capital μ. Y is u ;)

MY is μu 

[TheTruth226]

yea dude pluto isnt even considered a planet anymore

[WaCkEy1231]

pluto was declaired a dwarf star a few years ago

[alobalo1991]

29999 views 16 august 2009 22:40-41

[Nickuk1987]

well pluto is no longer conisdered a planet of the solar system as of 2006. Now we have 8 planets in the solar system.

[KiranGlitch]

how did you make the rings on Saturn?

[IDK62]

and VY Canis Majoris is a gazamadillion times bigger then our sun. Yeah......... It's that big.