Comments on: The Solar System Music Box http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-solar-system-music-boox Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualized! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:11:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeff Collinshttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-42030 Jeff Collins Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:16:30 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-42030 This is actually really cool. Perhaps you can add a few of the exo planets to the mix?? :) Jeff This is actually really cool. Perhaps you can add a few of the exo planets to the mix?? :) Jeff

]]> By: Charliehttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-36141 Charlie Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:39:55 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-36141 How beautiful. It'd be really cool to see a blues scale version, too. How beautiful. It’d be really cool to see a blues scale version, too.

]]> By: Willhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-21352 Will Sun, 09 May 2010 19:49:47 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-21352 this is great, i'm 15 and do astronomy gcse and have already covered the solar system in our course, but this is really cool and i'm gonna tery and show my teacher and i think she too will be entranced by the simplicity... genius this is great, i’m 15 and do astronomy gcse and have already covered the solar system in our course, but this is really cool and i’m gonna tery and show my teacher and i think she too will be entranced by the simplicity… genius

]]> By: Daniel Ferryhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-21258 Daniel Ferry Fri, 07 May 2010 19:00:59 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-21258 Hello.I made a replica of this in Excel. It's actually pretty cool. It's an animated chart with MIDI for the sounds. I just did the 8 real planets and left off the 2 planetoids. I called mine solarsong:http://www.excelhero.com/blog/2010/05/excel-animated-chart.htmlRegards,Daniel Ferry excelhero.com Hello.

I made a replica of this in Excel. It’s actually pretty cool. It’s an animated chart with MIDI for the sounds. I just did the 8 real planets and left off the 2 planetoids. I called mine solarsong:

http://www.excelhero.com/blog/2010/05/excel-animated-chart.html

Regards,

Daniel Ferry
excelhero.com

]]> By: solisiterhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-20619 solisiter Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:15:11 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-20619 That's a charming illustration of the theorie of "Music of the spheres", which concept comes from Pythagoras, 26 centuries ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis Merci ! That’s a charming illustration of the theorie of “Music of the spheres”, which concept comes from Pythagoras, 26 centuries ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musica_universalis
Merci !

]]> By: JemKhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-19804 JemK Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:38:18 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-19804 This is beautiful, such an interesting way to illustrate the solar system. Good work! This is beautiful, such an interesting way to illustrate the solar system. Good work!

]]> By: tomhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-19755 tom Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:50:34 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-19755 So, what is the beauty of a minimum font size, you are not able to zoom? can't see it. nice ideas anyway :-) So, what is the beauty of a minimum font size, you are not able to zoom?
can’t see it. nice ideas anyway :-)

]]> By: Mike Lemonickhttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-19723 Mike Lemonick Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:51:18 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-19723 This is just insanely brilliant. This is just insanely brilliant.

]]> By: Edie B.http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-19538 Edie B. Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:30:37 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-19538 Well, Ceres was considered a planet for some of the 19th century; then it was demoted to "asteroid." Now it's considered a dwarf planet, like Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. I only know this because I have a five-year-old space nut. Well, Ceres was considered a planet for some of the 19th century; then it was demoted to “asteroid.” Now it’s considered a dwarf planet, like Pluto, Eris, Makemake and Haumea. I only know this because I have a five-year-old space nut.

]]> By: Weshttp://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/the-solar-system-music-boox/comment-page-1/#comment-17890 Wes Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:27:07 +0000 http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/?p=1354#comment-17890 Johan, if you are complaining about Pluto's inclusion, why do you have no issue with them including Ceres in the music box? That has never been a planet. Johan, if you are complaining about Pluto’s inclusion, why do you have no issue with them including Ceres in the music box? That has never been a planet.

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