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🪐 Outer Planets: Gas Giants vs Ice Giants

Interactive 3D comparison of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune to scale, with cutaway views of their internal structure — metallic hydrogen cores in the gas giants versus icy mantles in the ice giants.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS💧 Water ❄️ Ice & Cold

Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingThree.js · WebGL

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsPlanet buttons (Jupiter / Saturn / Uranus / Neptune) switch the displayed planet to real relative scale; internal-structure toggle switches between a solid sphere and a cutaway showing atmosphere, mantle and core layers; Reset view re-frames the camera on the current planet; drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.

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⚙ Under the hood

Side-by-side 3D comparison of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune at real relative scale, with a cutaway view of each planet's internal layers: molecular hydrogen and metallic-hydrogen mantle over a rocky core in the gas giants, versus a thinner hydrogen envelope over a hot icy mantle of water, ammonia and methane in the ice giants. Includes Uranus's roughly 98 degree axial tilt, Neptune's up-to-2100 km/h winds, and a stat comparison table (radius, mass, rotation period, moon count).

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install