I developed this app for my children to help illustrate howtheplanets in our solar system move. I thought that I would shareitso that others might be able to benefit from it as well.. I hopeitis helpful to you and that you enjoy the visuals!

Fly through the Solar System in 3D. Educational. The planetsareall relatively scaled based on actual size,orientation,revolutionary speed and angle, rotational speed andangle, anddistance from the sun. (Distance and size scales aredifferentthough. Otherwise it would be too difficult to findtheplanets.)

Controls:
On the left side of the screen, touch screen to set the centerofthe virtual joystick. Then, slide finger up and down forforwardand reverse movement. Slide finger side-to-side for turningleftand right.
On the right side of the screen, touch time adjustment buttonstospeed-up or slow-down time (or even make time go backwards).

Updates to follow.

Wikipedia is the source for the base pictures that were usedtorender texture images.

Programming by Steven Richardson with Game Maker Studio