ONE SUN · Spatial design studio
Start with the Sun.
Discover the distance.
Choose the Sun’s size, then place it on the map. Move the planets around their rings to explore where an encounter could happen. Their scaled mean distances from the Sun stay fixed.
One shared scale.Sizes and mean distances change together. Move a marker around its ring to explore a different location.
Interactive placement mode
Sun: 35.233431, -82.734199
Gold Sun marker is draggable. Colored planet markers are constrained to their rings.
Gold Sun marker is draggable. Colored planet markers are constrained to their rings.
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Preparing the orbit view…
The model, in numbers
Coordinates update as you move the Sun or any planet.
NASA/JPL reference values · geodesic placement
| Planet | Diameter here | Mean orbit here | Bearing | Marker coordinate |
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THE DESIGN QUESTION
A familiar place.
A different sense of distance.
Each ring offers possible locations at the model’s scaled mean distance. A final route would respond to paths, access, and the character of each place. Distances shown are direct map distances; a walking route may be longer.