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This application started out as a study of Newtonian physics, but evolved into a 2D simulation of the solar system. (Viewed from the south, because Jupiter just wouldn't be Jupiter without the great red spot.) The source code is available for developers who would like to make their own customizations and unique scenarios - like sending a black hole through the solar system. For the casual user, this program allows you to truly become familiar with the solar system. Flying a space ship with unlimited fuel, lots of dials to guide you to your destination, and one less dimension to worry about, you can experience the vast distances, enormous speeds and tremendous power of gravity first hand as you travel around the solar system. ...

...Currently this includes Newcomb's theories "Tables of the Sun", "Tables of Mercury", "Tables of Venus", "Tables of Mars", "Tables of Uranus", and "Tables of Neptune", Hill's theories "Tables of Jupiter" and "Tables of Saturn", as well as the theory known as "The Improved Lunar Ephemeris". Various other theories from selected astronomical journals are also included.

2Sky is a complete user-friendly commercial astronomy planetarium application for the PalmOS platform realeased by Kevin S. Polk as open source. Features include: stars, deep sky objects, planets, comets, asteroids, moons of Jupiter, meteor radiants.