Solar System Animation

Created 16 February 2022

This basic animation was created by following a tutorial in order to grasp the basics of animation and Maya.

Animation Part 2

This animation was created using Part 1 as a basis with some added elements which are described below.

Textures

Online textures were applied to lambert shaders which were then applied to the planet objects to create realistic textures on the planets.

Realistic Rotations

This animation models the real revolutionary duration around the sun for each planetary body. This was calculated by dividing 365/rotation duration around the sun * 360 (total frames).

Asteroid Belt

Probably the most tedious part, involving 90 asteroids which were then moved into a shape resembling the asteroid belt. Some asteroids were animated for effect.