Special offer!!!

The Planets Explorer 2.0 before 90, now 35 Euro

With many more features, new navigation modes and the newly added tools, The Planets Explorer 2.0 is the perfect tool for discovering the wonders of the Solar System for the first time, or enhancing your observing pleasure and knowledge if you are already a convert to this wonderful pastime.

The Planets Explorer shows a 3D interactive representation of our Solar System, including all Planets and most Satellites, evolving in real time. You have at your fingertips the power to manipulate your view of the Solar System in almost any way you can imagine. You can see how the Planets or their Satellites look from any point in space, from any distance, tonight, tomorrow, or far into the past or future. You can view the stars as they appear from your own backyard, from a country on the other side of the world, or from another planet. You can witness dawn from the Moon, watch the Sun set from the surface of Mars, or even ride a Satellite. You are the master of the Solar System: you control the flow of time. You can jump instantly from one Planet to another.

Interested? Click here for more information, or have a look to the Users Manual.

Do you want to have a look?. Visit the free demos page. There you will find both downloadable installable demo versions of The Planets Explorer as well as an on-line version that can be run from any internet browser. Although not all the features, tools and navigation modes are available in the free demos, they are fully functional, and will give you a good idea of what The Planets Explorer is capable of. If you want to use the on-line demo, you will need to have the Java2 Run Time Environment installed. You will also need to install the Java3D extension, that can also be obtained from Sun Microsystems site.

From the demos page you also have access to demonstration videos, directly captured from the screen while running The Planets Explorer. Do not miss the preview of the next release, which will include a high resolution Mars Explorer built using the latest altimetry data sent by NASA probes. It is simply astounding!!.