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planetFacts Plus
Did you know that several dwarf planets that have been discovered beyond Pluto? Did you know that Mars has moons? Did you know that there’s lakes of methane on Titan?
“planetFacts Plus” has a beautiful interactive user interface that makes learning about the Solar System fun!
“planetFacts Plus” includes tons of facts for the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the Asteroid Belt, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris, the Kuiper Belt, the Scattered Disc and 41 moons from our Solar System.
In addition to the interactive view of the Solar System, “planetFacts Plus” features “Scale View” and “Size View” maps of the Solar System that aim to give you a better grasp and sense of the overwhelming size of our Solar System.
“planetFacts Plus” also features a built in Dictionary that defines over 50 terms that are used throughout the application.
"planetFacts Plus" has the following facts for the planets and moons in our Solar System:
- Designation
- How many moons
- When discovered
- Named After
- Diameter
- Mass
- Rotation Period
- Orbital Period
- Orbital Speed
- Distance from the Sun
- Astronomical Units (AUs)
- Light Time
- Apparent Magnitude
- Surface Gravity
- Escape Velocity
- Temperature
- Composition
- Atmosphere
- Pressure
- Ices
- Aphelion/Apoapsis
- Perihelion/Periapsis
- Solar Day
- Rotation Direction
- Density
Units of measure are in English or Metric.
Temperature is in Fahrenheit/Kelvin or Celsius/Kelvin
If you’re not ready for the full featured “planetFacts Plus”, please consider “planetFacts”. It’s a free version you can try before you buy. Just search the App Store for “planetFacts”, or click the "ALL APPLICATIONS" link below.
What's new
Disabled scroll view paging for iOS 4 compatibility.
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- Last changed:
- May 26, 2012
- Category:
- Reference
- Developer:
- Kevin Rye
- Version:
- 1.0.4
- Average Rating:
- 4.00 (9)
- Size:
- 7.5 MB
