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Solar System Gradient

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Last edited Sep 12, 2024

Created on Sep 11, 2024

This animated visualization displays the planets of the solar system in a horizontal line, with relative sizes to scale but distances not to scale, starting from the Sun on the left. Each celestial body is rendered as a circle filled with a radial SVG gradient defined in `<defs>`, using colors that approximate each planet’s appearance. Data on planetary radii and orbital distances comes from Wikipedia’s list of gravitationally rounded objects. The code uses D3’s `transition`, `easeLinear`, and join methods to animate the circles’ radii and positions sequentially.

AI-generated description

A visualization of the solar system. Relative sizes to scale, distances not to scale.

Data from Wikipedia: List of gravitationally rounded objects of the Solar System.

Challenge

Option A: Use this template to visualize the relative size of various numbers.
Option B: Add SVG Gradients to make the planets look more planet-like

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