SOLAR
Fly the solar system on real JPL orbits, in your browser
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SOLAR — an interactive 3D solar system you fly through in the browser. Real JPL orbital elements (1800–2050), Kepler's equation solved live, cinematic time-warp travel between planets, a top-down ecliptic map, in-flight music. A non-commercial pet project built with React + Three.js, largely vibe-coded with Claude Code. Mobile-first — works as well on a phone as a desktop.
PH · launched Sep 25, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 1 view
Niche: interactive 3d web simulations · 157 launches, 9 in the last 7 days ▼ -47% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Education
- Analytics & BI
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Web App
- Vercel Day
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Could you build this?
Yes The author explicitly states this Three.js solar system with JPL Keplerian orbital calculations was largely vibe-coded, and well-documented mathematical formulas exist for orbital mechanics.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 186 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #57 of 187 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 319 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Space on Live · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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