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Celestial Mechanics Mark II |
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Mark II released 1st July 2013
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Celestial Mechanics
pays homage to all the men and women who have looked
to the heavens and plotted the movements of celestial bodies. Their work
leads directly to the great discoveries of our time - discoveries about
the nature of space time, the origins of the universe and planets
orbiting other stars.
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Celestial Mechanics
reveals the time through the position of planets in
orbit around a central star. Starting from the star, the planets reveal
seconds, minutes, hours, day of the week, day of the month and month.
Hovering your mouse over the seconds, minutes and hours planets reveals
the exact time. The larger hours and day of week planets cast shadows
over their smaller, more distant neighbours.
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The
Celestial Mechanics Mark II
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Celestial Mechanics
can be moved around your desktop by simply pressing
down your mouse key and dragging the clock to the position you want.
There is a little control panel that lets you hide the clock itself,
show the clock information panel and exit the application.
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The Controls and Information panels for the
Celestial Mechanics Mark II
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Celestial Mechanics
requires that you have Java version 1.6 or later
installed on your computer.
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