Data visualization for Solar System which playfully shows the orders of magnitude in space. A project developed with eyes fixed on the stars.
We Are Tiny is a school project for HETIC created by third-year students. We do not claim to be experts in astrophysics, so please feel free to contact us at [email protected] if you want more information about our calculations or if you think some data is wrong.
The Web is no rocket science for us!
- Sara Kol : Spatial Analyst (Data collector)
- Erwan Martin : Rocket Scientist (Web Developer)
- Matthieu Moreau : Rocket Scientist (Web Developer)
- Lucie Reitz : Pilot (Project Manager and communication)
- Nicolas Thomas : Rocket Painter (Web Designer)
- Jérémy Zaloga : Datanerd (Data collector and calculation)
All raw data for calculations come from: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Fun facts and other data come from the following links:
- http://space-facts.com/
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/planets.html
- http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-fr/529-lexploration-duranus.php
- http://listverse.com/2013/04/27/10-fascinating-facts-about-our-solar-system/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsF_hdjWJjo#t=84
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKKzIoJgMSQ
Initial position of the planet is an approximate calculation based on the position of the planets on 01/01/2014. The end the Solar System is fixed at the Heliopause.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo: 4000 km/h Voyager 2 : 56000 km/h Solar Probe Plus (expected 2018): 720000 km/h
Planet Calendar: Day 0 for planets days is 01/01/2014. We used this d3.js script to make it: http://bl.ocks.org/clayzermk1/9142407
No of missions for Earth is the number of missions for the Moon
Wearetiny uses open source projects to work properly:
- Backbone.js - Give your JS App some Backbone with Models, Views, Collections, and Events
- D3.js - Data-Driven Documents
- jQuery - Write Less, Do More
React
Typescript
Django
Laravel
Facebook
Microsoft
Google
Alibaba
D3
Tencent