Also gives information on the mythology and the spacecraft missions aimed at each one.

Features:

Eccentricities become observable when time is controlled and the affect of a highly inclined axis like that of Uranus become very apparent when its year is reduced to a few seconds. Planets etch out epicycles in the sky when viewed from other bodies. The sim will demonstrate this process when you watch, for example, Mars from the Earth system.

Note: Requires DirectX 8.1 or later.

Animations included:

• Earthquakes: Primary or P waves; Secondary or S waves; Love's waves; Raileygh's waves; Oscillations of the Earth; Epicentre
• Earth rotation: Centrifugal force; Force of Coriolis; Pendulum of Foucault; Shifting aside the vertical; Variation of the weight; Cyclon and anticyclon
• Earth and Moon: Lunar motions; Lunar phases; Tides
• Solar system: Kepler's first law; Kepler's second law; Kepler's third law; Relative motion Earth-planet; Apparent path of the Sun; Irradiation
• Celestial mechanics: Satellite motions; System of two bodies (double stars); Precession and nutation; Top
• Miscellaneous: Magnetic bottle; Parabolic antenne; Doppler effect; Simulation; Comparison between waves; Universe expansion.

Solsciste includes two distinct modules:

Orbitography is mainly intended to offer the possibility of representing the paths of the satellites over the Earth's surface (both in 2D and 3D). In accordance with obvious pedagogical purposes, simplified «keplerian» models were introduced assuming: the spherical symmetry of the Earth and the homogenous repartition of its mass; that satellites are only submitted to the Earth's attraction force.

Satellites that can be studied include really existent ones (such as GPS and telecommunication satellites) or fictional satellites created by the user, by introducing their orbital elements.

Simulation of a launch offers the possibility of graphically representing the evolution of the values of a wide number of physical parameters (altitude, speed, mass, friction) just from the launching phase of a rocket (such as an Ariane 5) up until the deployment in space of it's load.

In «manual» mode, the user is allowed to virtually manoeuvre the orientation controls of the rocket and, in accordance, observe the effects on the several different parameters.

The program is useful for any person interested, but, for pedagogical purposes, particularly to classes of Physics and for the study of subjects such as the Centre of Inertia Theorem, the gravitational interaction, the forces of friction, Kepler's Laws, and the movement of solid bodies submitted to a central force, the movement of satellites etc...

Furthermore, Sssim Studio contains aurthoring tools of its autoplayscripts and also the ability to share the content over the internet.