The Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation working explained

The Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation is created such that all the planets and the Moon revolve around uniformly circular orbits at constant speed. However all planets have two circular motions added. Therefore effectively they function as an elliptical orbital movement in the model.

The only real difference between the current heliocentric model of our solar system and the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation is therefore the lack of variable speeds. Kepler had to add variable speeds in order to fit his model to observations. Having variable speeds of planets means for instance Mercury moves at an orbital speed that varies from about 59 km/s at perihelion to 39 km/s at aphelion. That is quite unrealistic to me, but I will leave it up to scientist if these speed differences are really needed.

I have added all planets with orbital sizes and distances EXACTLY according to Kepler’s 3rd law.

”Kepler’s Third Law of Planetary Motion: The square of the period of a planet’s orbit around the sun is proportional to the cube of the size of its orbit”

You can check all input numbers in the Excel.

What is both really annoying AND very nice about this model is that you cannot cheat with the movements, in contrary to all known heliocentric (3D) models – which are just based upon some measurement in time and predictions about the movement in between. Therefore those models are always more or less right. This Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation is programed once and it cannot be fixed along the way. It will perpetually be running.

I mostly focused the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation on all precession cycles. The movements of the most important solar bodies are however added in the model. So far, it seems to be in concordance with all recorded planetary ephemerides, Mars oppositions, the transits of Venus and Mercury across the Sun’s disk, Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions, most other periodic interplanetary alignments and all solar and lunar eclipses. The model however also can be refined further. I have added an Excel with all background data which will help in constructing the geo-heliocentric model of our universe. Feel free to improve them!

There are a number of TABs in the Excel that should be self-explanatory. The only thing you really need to know is the YELLOW cells are Input cells. you can change the values, but be careful, other cells are most probably dependant on them.

Below I summed up some clear instructions how to use the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation.

1. Some basic instructions and tips for starters:

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)

   • Click the “run” button to start the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation. You may then choose to speed up or slow down its motion with the “1 second equals” function.

   • Left-clicking (and holding) your mouse will let you toggle at will the 3-D orientation of our cosmos. The scroll wheel regulates the zoom level. You can off course also use your laptop’s touchpad to zoom in/out.

2. Showing the Right Ascension, Declination & Distances values of solar system bodies in the model

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Go to “Celestial Positions” and you will see these results
   

   You will see all planets and objects with the proper values of Right Ascension, Declination & Distances. These “celestial positions” (ephemerides) of any of our solar system’s bodies, can be compared and verified for yourselves with other online planetariums such as the popular Stellarium simulator 

   Let me explain the most important “Celestial Positions” at the start of the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation on date 21st of June 00:00 UTC 2000 AD.

   • • Date = 2000-06-21
     • Time (UTC) = 00:00:00
     • Julian day = 2451716.5
   • Show Helpers Objects
     • PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
       • RA = 06h51m48s
       • Dec
       • Distance to Earth = 0.016710112 AU
       • Distance to Sun = 1 AU
     • MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT
       • RA = 07h03m17s
       • Dec
       • Distance to Earth = 0.01370018 AU
       • Distance to Sun = 1.00308205 AU
   • Sun
     • RA = 05h59m39s
     • Dec = +23°26'21”
     • Distance to Earth = 1.01633048 AU
     • Distance to Sun = 0 AU

   A) The top three settings provide the Date, Julian day and Time (UTC). These are the input values.

   • The “Date” and “Julian day” are interchangeable. Change one of them (and press enter) and you will see they are related.
   • The “Time (UTC)” element is in hours. If you want to show the exact position in your local time, you can use a UTC time converter .

   B) The “RA” values of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT:

   • The PERIHELION-OF-EARTH “RA” position shows the RA value of 06h51m48s which is ~102.9506°.
   • The “RA” values of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH are fully in line with the Longitude of Perihelion values as provided via the Formula by J. Meeus as mentioned in chapter 1.
   • The MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT “RA” position shows the RA value of 07h03m17s which is ~105.8214°. As explained in chapter 3 and 4 the real value of the Longitude of perihelion is already further away since it is actually measured from the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER which is the mid eccentricity point. This is also the reason why ALL PRECESSION MOVEMENTS are currently experienced to take longer than the mean values (e.g. Axial precession currently experienced ~25,772 years/ mean ~22,937 years).
   • The “RA” values of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT change cyclic in a repeating cycle of 18,636 years.

   C) The “Distance to Earth” values of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and the MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT:

   • The PERIHELION-OF-EARTH “Distance to Earth” position shows the eccentricity of 0.016710112. Since the real movement of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH is around the Sun, the max value of the distance from Earth to the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH in 2000 AD is +1 = 1.016710112.
   • The MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT “Distance to Earth” position shows the eccentricity of 0.01370018 which is the mean value of the orbital eccentricity of Earth compared to the Sun.
   • The “Distance to Earth” value of the MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT stays fixed since the MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT is a helping point for calculating the length of days and years and not a gravitational point.
   • The “Distance to Earth” value of the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH changes in a repeating cycle of 18,636 years.

   D) The “RA” and “Dec” values of the Sun:

   • The “RA” value from the Sun shows the actual RA value of the Sun on date 21st of June 00:00 UTC being 05h59m39s.
   • The “Dec” value from the Sun shows the Sun is highest in the Sky with a “Dec” value of +23°26’21” on the Northern hemisphere at that date/ time.
   • The Sun was highest in the sky later in the morning at 01:47. See the page . All dates and times are aligned in the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation to the June Solstice dates.
   • The “Dec” value from the Sun is fully in line with the Obliquity value as provided via the Formula by Chapront et al/ J. Laskar as mentioned in chapter 1.
   • The “Dec” value (Declination) is the “Obliquity” of the Sun as seen from Earth and its behaviour can best be shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the 21st of June 2000 AD 01:47 UTC time. In both directions the obliquity value will DECREASE.
   • The “Dec” value (Declination) MAXIMUM value on the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE (= MINIMUM value on NORTHERN HEMISPHERE) is half a year later (and earlier) and is best shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the 21st of December 2000 01:47 UTC time. In both directions the obliquity value of -23°26’21” will INCREASE.
   • The “RA” and “Dec” values of the Sun changes cyclic in one solar year AND on the longer term the “RA” and “Dec” max/min values changes slightly in a repeating cycle of 298,176 years.

   E) The “Distance to Earth” values of the Sun:

   • The Sun “Distance to Earth” position shows the actual eccentricity of 1.01633048 on date 2000-06-21. This value is less than the MAXIMUM value for this year 2000 AD which is the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH value of 0.01671012 since Earth is furthest from the Sun in 2000 AD on 3th of July 09:00 UTC when the Sun was at RA 06h51m48s and NOT on 21st of June 00:00 UTC. You can go to this date to check it for yourself.
   • This maximum “Distance to Earth” value of the Sun is in line with the values provided via the Orbital eccentricity Formula as mentioned in chapter 1.
   • The Sun “Distance to Earth” behaviour can best be shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the date of its maximum value on 3rd of July 09:00 UTC time. In both directions the “Distance to Earth” value will DECREASE.
   • The Sun “Distance to Earth” MIMIMUM value is half a year earlier (or later) and its behaviour can best be shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the date of its minimum value of “0.98329878” (1-0.98329878 = 0.01671022) around 2nd of January 2000 AD 17:00 UTC time. In both directions the “Distance to Earth” value will INCREASE.
   • The “Distance to Earth” of the Sun changes cyclic in one solar year AND on the longer term these values changes slightly in a repeating cycle of 18,636 years.

3. Showing the zodiac wheel in the model

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Celestial Tools”
   • Select “Zodiac”

   You will see the Zodiac wheel as it is experienced on Earth. You can make it larger or smaller. It is centered on earth since we are the ones observing it. The Zodiac stays fixed in time, since Earth is moving in the ICRF.

   With the zodiac wheel you will see the orientation of Earth compared to the 12 zodiac constellations.

4. Have a look at the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER and PERIHELION-OF-EARTH

   Earth is wobbling around the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER. In the 3D model it is modelled as “The Death Star” and the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH as the white version of it since it is orbiting in the opposite direction.

   

   The EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER is currently in front up the constellation Orion.

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Celestial Tools”
   • Choose “Star names” and “Constellations”
   • Tilt the angle to the location of “EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER”
   • Just a little to the left and a bit further away is the “PERIHELION-OF-EARTH”

5. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a year with the Sun at the center

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Celestial Tools”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • Go to “Look at” and select the “Sun”
   • You can close the extra information box (and orbit grid) by pressing the cross next to it

   Now you can tilt the view, such you have a 90 degree view on our solar system.

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 month”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see Earth orbiting the Sun and along the path of a year, the axial tilt stays pointed to the same location (Polaris). So in a 1 year orbit, the tilt does hardly move at all, although we are travelling from one side of the Sun to the completely other side of the Sun (300m km).

6. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a year as if Earth (actually EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER) is at the center

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Celestial Tools”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • If you selected another planet, go to “Look at” and select “Earth” again (and close the information box)

   Now you can tilt the view, such you have a 90 degree view on our solar system.

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 month”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see Sun orbiting around Earth and along the path of a year, the axial tilt stays pointed to the same location (Polaris). So in a 1 year orbit, the tilt does not move at all because the Earth is only traveling slowly on its Axial Precession Orbit (APO).

7. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a Great year

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Celestial Tools”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • Select “Star names”

   Now you can tilt the view, such you see Polaris. You can also zoom into Earth a bit

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the axial precession moving in a cycle of ~22,937 years from Polaris to Polaris.

8. Showing the Moon always facing the same side to Earth

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon
   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 day”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the Earth rotating on its axis, and the Moon orbiting Earth with the same face. You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “1 week”.

9. Showing the Moon Apsidal precession

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon without tilting the view
   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the Moon apsides (furthest and closest to Earth) rotate in a mean duration of ~8.85 years. You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “10 years”.

10. Showing the Moon Nodal precession

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon and tilt the view to the same level as the ecliptic
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the Moon rotating on its axis in a mean duration of ~18.6 years (in the opposite direction of the Apsidal precession). You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “10 years”.

11. Showing the Moon’s Lunar standstill  dates

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Celestial Tools”
    • Select “Polar line”
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2450538” or at “Date” “1997-03-30“
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon, such you see the Earth and Moon and EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER
    • Go to “Celestial Positions”

    Look at the Right Ascension, Declination & Distances numbers from the “Moon” You will see the Moon Declination with a value of -18°17’27”.

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 hour”
    • Press “Step backward”

    You will see the Moon almost getting in line with EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER at 11:00 with a maximum declination -18°17’31”. If you go 1 hour earlier or further you will see the declination to go down. This is the maximum declination at that specific date. By using this method we can create a diagram:

    Juliandate	Date Time	Declination		Juliandate	Date Time	Declination
    2450401	1996-11-13 23:00	-18°13’54”		2450415	1996-11-27 04:00	+18°25’36”
    2450429	1996-12-11 07:00	-18°14’07”		2450442	1996-12-24 11:00	+18°25’03”
    2450456	1997-01-07 14:00	-18°14’36”		2450471	1997-01-20 18:00	+18°24’45”
    2450483	1997-02-03 21:00	-18°15’20”		2450497	1997-02-17 01:00	+18°24’41”
    2450511	1997-03-03 04:00	-18°16’18”		2450524	1997-03-16 08:00	+18°24’52”
    2450538	1997-03-30 11:00	-18°17’31”		2450551	1997-04-12 15:00	+18°25’17”
    2450565	1997-04-26 18:00	-18°18’60”		2450578	1997-05-09 22:00	+18°25’57”
    2450592	1997-05-24 01:00	-18°20’42”		2450606	1997-06-06 05:00	+18°26’51”

    So the Minor Lunar standstill happened somewhere around early 1997.

    We can do the same for the major lunar standstill:

    Juliandate	Date Time	Declination		Juliandate	Date Time	Declination
    2453775	2006-02-08 16:00	+28°35’38”		2453790	2006-02-22 19:00	-28°37’52”
    2453802	2006-03-08 00:00	+28°36’24”		2453817	2006-03-22 03:00	-28°37’36”
    2453830	2006-04-04 08:00	+28°37’01”		2453844	2006-04-18 11:00	-28°37’10”
    2453857	2006-05-02 00:00	+28°31’53”		2453871	2006-05-15 19:00	-28°36’35”
    2453884	2006-05-29 00:00	+28°37’45”		2453899	2006-06-12 04:00	-28°35’50”
    2453912	2006-06-25 08:00	+28°37’52”		2453926	2006-07-09 12:00	-28°34’57”
    2453939	2006-07-22 17:00	+28°37’49”		2453953	2006-08-05 20:00	-28°33’53”
    2453967	2006-08-19 01:00	+28°37’38”		2453981	2006-09-02 04:00	-28°32’40”
    2453994	2006-09-15 09:00	+28°37’16”		2454008	2006-09-29 12:00	-28°31’17”
    2454021	2006-10-12 17:00	+28°36’44”		2454035	2006-10-26 20:00	-28°29’44”
    2454049	2006-11-09 01:00	+28°36’02”		2454063	2006-11-23 04:00	-28°28’02”

    So the Major Lunar standstill happened somewhere around mid 2006.

    I have shown you the minor and major lunar standstill moments in time. It is fluctuating in a mean period of ~18.6 years between ~18° degrees to ~28.5° degrees. You can also look at above dates with the objects on (see “Showing the Moon Nodal precession”).

    • Open “Objects show/hide”
    • Select “Moon Apsidal Nodal” AND “Moon Nodal Precession”

12. Showing aphelion aligned with the Sun on 4th of July 2003 AD 03:35 UTC

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2452825” or at “Date” “2003-07-04“ and hour “03:35”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon Now you can tilt the view, but you have to turn around 180 degrees such you see the Sun.

    You will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH, white dot, aligned with the Sun. In 2003 AD the Aphelion alignment was on 4th of July 03:35 and in line with Sun closest to earth (perihelion).

    You can also check the Celestial Positions and see it is fully aligned. You can also check this date in existing simulators e.g. Stellarium. The exact value of alignment is hard to program because it is fluctuating as can be seen over here . The values added in the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation are the values according to the trend. There is for instance also a difference between the values in Stellarium web  and Stellarium software .

    
    • Go to “Celestial Positions” in the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation and you will see these results
    • • Date = 2003-07-04
      • Time (UTC) = 03:35:00
      • Julian day = 2452825
    • Show Helpers Objects
      • PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
        • RA = 06h52m01s
        • Dec
        • Distance to Earth = 0.01670047
        • Distance to Sun = 1 AU
      • MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT
    • Sun
      • RA = 06h52m01s
      • Dec = +22°53'59”
      • Distance to Earth = 1.01670047 AU
      • Distance to Sun = 0 AU

    A) On that particular date and time you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and Sun BOTH have a “RA” value of 06h52m01s AND BOTH have an “Distance to Earth” value of 0.01670047.

    • This means the Sun has reached its furthest distance from the Earth at that moment in time.

    B) On that particular date and time you will see the Sun has a “Dec” value of +22°53’59”.

    • The Sun is no longer at its maximum possible obliquity at that moment in time. It was maximum around 21st of June 01:47 UTC in that year.

13. Showing perihelion aligned with solstice in December 1245 AD

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2176141.5” or at “Date” “1245-12-14“ and “Time” “00:00:00”.
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon Now you can tilt the view, but you have to turn around 180 degrees such you see the Sun.

    You will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH, white dot, aligned with EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER, black dot. In 1245 AD (start of Year 1246 AD) the December solstice was on 14th of December  and in line with Sun closest to earth (perihelion).

    • Go to “Celestial Positions” and you will see these results
    • • Date = 1245-12-14
      • Time (UTC) = 00:00:00
      • Julian day = 2176141.5
    • Show Helpers Objects
      • PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
        • RA = 05h59m60s
        • Dec = +23°32'14”
        • Distance to Earth = 0.01678229 AU
        • Distance to Sun = 1 AU
      • MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT
        • RA = 06h00m00s
        • Dec = +23°25'38”
        • Distance to Earth = 0.01370018 AU
        • Distance to Sun = 0.99691791 AU
    • Sun
      • RA = 18h00m03s
      • Dec = -23°32'14”
      • Distance to Earth = 0.9837444 AU
      • Distance to Sun = 0 AU

    A) On that particular date and time you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT BOTH have a “RA” value of 06h00m00s.

    • This means the Earth-axis is EXACTLY ALIGNED with the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
    • This means the perihelion precession cycle of 18,636 years starts/ends.

    B) On that particular date and time you will see the Sun has a “Dec” value of -23°32’14”.

    • The “Dec” value from the Sun shows the Sun is highest in the Sky with a “Dec” value of 23°32’14” on the Southern hemisphere at that date/ time.
    • The “Dec” value from the Sun is fully in line with the Obliquity value as provided via the Formula by Chapront et al/ J. Laskar as mentioned in chapter 1.
    • The “Dec” value (Declination) is the “Obliquity” of the Sun as seen from Earth and its behaviour can best be shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the 14th of December 1245 AD 00:00 UTC time. In both directions the obliquity value will INCREASE.
    • This means this date was a solstice day.

    C) On that particular date and time you will also see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and Sun BOTH have a “Dec” value of 23°32’14”.

    • This means the perihelion precession cycle of 18,636 years starts/ends.

    D) On that particular date and time you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and Sun (1-0.98321771) BOTH have a “Distance to Earth” value of 0.01678229.

    • This means the Sun has reached its closest distance from the Earth at that moment in time AND ALSO reached its possible max orbital eccentricity in the 18,636 year cycle.

14. Showing the perihelion aligned with solstice in year 8072 BC with the Four Royal Stars.

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “-1227187.5” or at “Date” “-8072-02-23“ and “Time” 00:00:00.
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon. Now you can tilt the view such you see the Sun.

    You will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH, white dot, aligned with EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER, black dot. In Year 8072 BC the December solstice was on 23rd of February and in line with Sun furthest from earth (aphelion).

    • Go to “Celestial Positions” and you will see these results
    • • Date = -8072-02-23
      • Time (UTC) = 00:00:00
      • Julian day = -1227187.5
    • Show Helpers Objects
      • PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
        • RA = 17h59m59s
        • Dec
        • Distance to Earth = 0.01061807 AU
        • Distance to Sun = 1 AU
      • MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT
        • RA = 17h59m60s
        • Dec
        • Distance to Earth = 0.01370018 AU
        • Distance to Sun = 0.99692097 AU
    • Sun
      • RA = 17h53m36s
      • Dec = -24°23'60”
      • Distance to Earth = 1.01061462 AU
      • Distance to Sun = 0 AU

    A) On that particular date and time you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and MID-ECCENTRICITY-POINT BOTH have a “RA” value of 18h00m00s.

    • This means the Earth-axis is EXACTLY ALIGNED with the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH
    • This means the perihelion precession cycle of 18,636 years is mid-way.

    B) On that particular date and time you will see the Sun has a “Dec” value of -24°23’60”.

    • The “Dec” value from the Sun shows the Sun is highest in the Sky with a “Dec” value of -24°23’60” on the Southern hemisphere at that date/ time.
    • The “Dec” value (Declination) is the “Obliquity” of the Sun as seen from Earth and its behaviour can best be shown by adding or subtracting a few hours around the 23rd of February 8072 BC 00:00 UTC time. In both directions the obliquity value will INCREASE.
    • This means this date was a solstice day.

    C) Around that particular date and time you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH and Sun BOTH have a “AU Distance” value of 0.01061807.

    • This means the Sun has reached its furthest distance from the Earth around that moment in time AND ALSO reached its possible min orbital eccentricity in the 18,636 year cycle.

    Now let’s have a look at the stars around that time.

    • Open “Celestial Tools”
    • Select “Star names”
    • Select “Constellations”

    You will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH, white dot to be more or less aligned with the star “Aldebaran”. Turn around 180 degrees, you will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH more or less aligned with the star “Antares”. Turn 90 degrees back and forth and you will the Stars “Fomalhaut” and “Regulus”. These 4 stars form a Square / Cross and are called the Four Royal Stars a.k.a. the Guardians of the Sky.

    These stars are most probably the reason why certain Coat of arms / Royal houses have Eagles, Lions and Bulls in them, including 17,000 years old cave paintings , and are depicted on ancient art pieces  a lot. Just browse a day on the internet and you will see the references all over the place including depictions of Jesus with the four archangels.

    These stars, represented by their zodiac sign, are also depicted on the Pillars in Göbleki Tepe  which is at the core of our civilisation.

    

    Göbleki Tepe was build around 9,500 BC . The site covers over 90 soccer fields but is only expedited for a very small 5 percentage . The intention of the owning Doğuş Group , is to keep it buried “for future generations” .

15. Showing the start of the Age of Aquarius in year 1962 AD

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)

    • Open “Celestial Tools”

    • Select “Zodiac”

    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER.

    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2437745” or at “Date” “1962-03-21“

    You will see the zodiac wheel EXACTLY is aligned with EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER.

    To be even more complete, the real date when exactly the Age of Aquarius starts/ started is hard to say. Since the actual start is related to the movement of the longitude of perihelion and this is not a fixed movement but sometimes speeds up and sometimes slows down. The mentioned mean duration of the precession of the Equinoxes is therefore not exactly ~22,937 years. This movement speeds up and slows down as well.

    If we “just” stick to dividing the cycle of ~22,937 years into 12 equal pieces of ~1911.385 years (298,176/(12*13)) each and as a result we are truly living in the Age-of-Aquarius since the year 1962 AD.

    

16. Showing Mars in opposition to Earth (e.g. in year 2003 AD)

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2452880” or at “Date” “2003-08-28“ at time “12:00:00”
    • Zoom in and tilt a little to see Earth between Mars and the Sun.
    • Open Celestial Positions and see the Sun at RA “10h30m10s” and Mars at RA “22h30m55s”.
    • • Date = 2003-08-28
      • Time (UTC) = 12:00:00
      • Julian day = 2452880
    • Sun
      • RA = 10h30m10s
      • Dec
      • Distance to Earth = 1.00977618 AU
      • Distance to Sun = 0 AU
    • Mars
      • RA = 22h30m55s
      • Dec
      • Distance to Earth = 0.37152020 AU
      • Distance to Sun = 1.38012636 AU

    You can compare those with values in Stellarium.

    Here you can see more dates which you can check .

17. Showing the 5 petals structure of Venus

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Click on the “Select objects to trace” MENU and deselect the default settings and select “Venus” to determine which planets you want to trace.
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
    • Select the Enable tracing BOX, to turn the trace actually on
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the ‘5 petals’ by Venus on its trip around the Sun appearing.

    You can also see the petals moving in clockwise direction with:

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “10 years”
    NOTE be careful to select larger amounts of time because the traces are calculated. Your browser might stall. Just press the RUN button ONCE more and wait a few seconds so it can end normally. In my browser 100 years is still doable but above the figures it doesn’t work anymore.

    You can choose any celestial body for which you wish to exhibit its path around our system over time. This will show you the beautiful “mandala-like”, spinographic trajectories of our Solar System’s various bodies.

18. Showing the location of the barycenter of all planets

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Perihelion Planets”
    • Select the “Perihelion Spiral”
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the planet perihelion points in the Perihelion Spiral turn.

19. Showing the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH moving 360° in 99,392 years.

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon. No need to tilt. Just zoom

    You will see a white dot: The PERIHELION-OF-EARTH

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH moving 360° in 99,392 years around EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER.

    • Go to Speed multiplier and put it to max 5.

    Now you will see it even more clearly.

    • Now click the checkbox “Trace”. By default both the “PERIHELION-OF-EARTH” and “MID-ECCENTRICITY-ORBIT” are selected.

    If you Click “Trace” and “Run”, you will notice Axial meets Inclination in a perihelion precession cycle of 18,636 years so if you leave it running you will see the Holistic-Year cycle resulting on a famous ancient pattern where solstice meets perihelion 16 times on the zodiac wheel.

    

20. Showing Earth moving along the Axial Precession Orbit (APO) through time

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Celestial Tools”
    • Select “Polar line”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER.
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the axial precession moving in a cycle of ~22,937 years from Polaris to Polaris.

21. Showing Earth maximum obliquity date

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “-42172125.75” or at “Date” “-120173-01-05“

    You will see Sun maximum obliquity at that date being -24°34’38” which is ~24.5801°. This is quite observable because ~23.42723+~0.564+~0.564+ is a little less.

    NOTE the theoretically minimum possible obliquity in the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation is a little smaller than ~23.42723-~0.564-~0.564 because when the inclination is at its highest point, the axial tilt is never maximum.

If you play with all above mentioned settings, AND read this book, AND study the Excel intensively, you will most probably understand the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation.