Solar System For iPad: An Astronomy App
by Joe White
January 5, 2011
Solar System for iPad is a new iOS application, brought to you by the same guys who created The Elements: A Visual Exploration.
Like The Elements, Solar System is an interactive and visually stunning e-book. It's currently available in the App Store for $13.99, and has already received many five star reviews. Features of Solar System include:
We've embedded a video of Solar System in action (below) for you to check out (courtesy of CTR). If you decide to download this interesting app, let us know your thoughts in the comments.
- a stunning specially-composed launch track from Björk never before released
- more than 150 beautifully presented story pages lavishly illustrated with interactive scenes, videos and 3D objects
- over 40 fully-rotatable and pinch-zoomable 3D objects including the Sun, all its planets and their major moons
- over 600 painstakingly selected images representing the very best of images returned by NASA, ESA and JAXA space missions
- detailed captions for every image and object including technical data
- live data from Wolfram | Alpha (internet connection required) providing comprehensive astronomical information
