The 3D Dummy Universe Simulation working explained

The 3D dummy universe simulation is based upon TYCHOSIUM software (opens in a new tab) which is originally created by Simon Shack and Patrik Holmqvist. All credits to them. They have done all the hard work. I merely modified it to reflect the precession movements like explained in this book. However This book and 3D model are NOT affiliated with TYCHOSIUM or its authors in any way.

It is created such that all the planets and moons revolve around uniformly circular orbits, at constant orbital speeds. However for some planets, take for instance Mars, we need 2 circles working together, which basically means they function as an elliptical orbital movements (just like Eros).

The only real difference between the current heliocentric model and the 3D dummy universe model, is therefore the lack of variable speeds. Kepler had to add variable speeds in order to fit his model to observations. Having variable speeds of planets for instance means Mercury moves at an orbital speed that varies from about 59 km/s at perihelion to 39 km/s at aphelion. That is quite unrealistic.

In contrary to the original Tychosium software, I have added all planets with orbital sizes and distances EXACTLY according to Kepler’s 3rd law. You can check all input numbers in the Excel.

What is both really annoying AND very nice about the Tychosium software, you cannot cheat. In contrary to all known heliocentric models – which are just based upon some measurement in time and predictions about the movement in between. Therefore those models are always more or less right – the Tychosium software is programed once and it cannot be fixed along the way. It is perpetual and therefore it must be balanced.

I mostly focused the 3d dummy universe model on all precession cycles. The movements of the most important solar bodies are however added in the model. So far, it seems to be more or less in concordance with all recorded planetary ephemerides, Mars oppositions, the transits of Venus and Mercury across the Sun's disk, Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions, most other periodic interplanetary alignments and all solar and lunar eclipses. The model however also can be refined further. I have added an Excel with all background data which will help in constructing the geo-heliocentric model of our universe. Feel free to improve them!

There are a number of TABs in the Excel that should be self-explanatory. The only thing you really need to know is the YELLOW cells are Input cells. you can change the values, but be careful, other cells are most probably dependant on them. Feel free to have a closer look and see if you can improve it further.

Below I summed up some clear instructions how to use the 3d dummy universe model.

1. Some basic instructions and tips for beginners:

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)

   • Click the "run" button to start the 3d dummy universe model. You may then choose to speed up or slow down its motion with the "1 second equals" function.

   • Left-clicking (and holding) your mouse will let you toggle at will the 3-D orientation of our cosmos. The scroll wheel regulates the zoom level. You can off course also use your laptop’s touchpad to zoom in/out.

2. Showing the Right Ascension, Declination & Distances values of solar system bodies in the model

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Positions”

   You will see all planets and objects with the proper values of Right Ascension, Declination & Distances. These “celestial positions” (ephemerides) of any of our solar system's bodies, can be compared and verified for yourselves with other online planetariums such as the popular Stellarium simulator (opens in a new tab)

3. Showing the zodiac wheel in the model

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Stars & helper objects”
   • Select “Zodiac”

   You will see the Zodiac wheel. You can make it larger or smaller. It is centered on earth since we are the ones observing it. The Zodiac stays fixed in time, since Earth is moving in the ICRF.

   With the zodiac wheel you will see the orientation of Earth compared to the 12 zodiac constellations.

4. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a year as if Sun is at the center (which is according to the heliocentric model)

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Stars & helper objects”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • Go to “Look at” and select the “Sun”

   Now you can tilt the view, such you have a 90 degree view on our solar system.

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 month”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see Earth orbiting the Sun and along the path of a year, the axial tilt stays pointed to the same location (Polaris). So in a 1 year orbit, the tilt does NOT MOVE AT ALL, NOPE, NADA, although we are travelling from one side of the Sun to the completely other side of the Sun (300m km).

5. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a year as if Earth (actually CENTER) is at the center (which is according to the geo-heliocentric model)

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Stars & helper objects”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • Go to “Look at” and select the “The Orbit Center” or “Earth”

   Now you can tilt the view, such you have a 90 degree view on our solar system.

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 month”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see Sun orbiting around Earth and along the path of a year, the axial tilt stays pointed to the same location (Polaris). So in a 1 year orbit, the tilt does not move at all because the Earth is only traveling slowly (~99km per year) on its Earth Precession Orbit (EPO). This model makes more sense.

6. Showing the axial tilt of the earth in his movements in a Great year

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Stars & helper objects”
   • Select “Polar line”
   • Select “Stars”
   • Select “Star names”

   Now you can tilt the view, such you see Polaris. You can also zoom into Earth a bit

   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the axial precession moving in a cycle of 23,520 years from Polaris to Polaris.

7. Showing the Moon always facing the same side to Earth

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon
   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 day”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the Earth rotating on its axis, and the Moon orbiting Earth with the same face. You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “1 week”.

8. Showing the Moon Apsidal precession

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon
   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the Moon apsides (furthest and closest to Earth) rotate in a mean duration of 8.850295241 years. You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “10 years”. NOTE: Below the mean distance to the Moon is CENTER and that is the reason why the Moon is at its mean distance of 384,399.07 km from Earth.

9. Showing the Moon Nodal precession

   • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
   • Open “Objects show/hide”
   • Select “Moon Apsidal Nodal” AND “Moon Nodal Precession”
   • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon and tilt the view, such you see the objects you just selected as well
   • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
   • Press “Run”

   You will see the Moon rotating on its axis in a mean duration of 18.59854015 years (in the opposite direction of the Apsidal precession). You can also speed up to “1 second equals” “10 years”.

   You can also switch off the objects “Moon Apsidal Nodal”/ “Moon Nodal Precession” and just have a look without them. Zoom in a bit to see the Moon clearly on the same level as the Ecliptic. Press Run. You will see the Moon rotating on its axis as it is actually happening.

10. Showing the Moon’s Lunar standstill (opens in a new tab) dates

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Stars & helper objects”
    • Select “Polar line”
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2450538” or at “Date” “1997-03-30“
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at Earth and the Moon, such you see the Earth and Moon and CENTER
    • Go to “positions”

    Look at the Right Ascension, Declination & Distances numbers from the “Moon” You will see the Moon Declination with a value of -17°59'50".

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 hour”
    • Press “Step forward”

    You will see the Moon getting fully in line with CENTER at 19:00 with a maximum declination -18°02'15". If you go 1 hour earlier or further you will see the declination to go down. This is the maximum declination at that specific date. By using this method we can create a diagram:

    Juliandate	Date Time	Declination		Juliandate	Date Time	Declination
    2450402	1996-11-14 07:00	-18°01'41"		2450415	1996-11-27 13:00	+18°18'29"
    2450429	1996-12-11 14:00	-18°01'18"		2450442	1996-12-24 20:00	+18°17'23"
    2450456	1997-01-07 21:00	-18°01'09"		2450470	1997-01-21 03:00	+18°16'32"
    2450484	1997-02-04 04:00	-18°01'16"		2450497	1997-02-17 10:00	+18°15'55"
    2450511	1997-03-03 12:00	-18°01'38"		2450524	1997-03-16 17:00	+18°15'33"
    2450538	1997-03-30 19:00	-18°02'15"		2450552	1997-04-12 23:00	+18°15'25"
    2450566	1997-04-27 02:00	-18°03'08"		2450579	1997-05-10 06:00	+18°15'32"
    2450593	1997-05-24 09:00	-18°04'15"		2450606	1997-06-06 13:00	+18°15'53"

    So the Minor Lunar standstill happened somewhere around early 1997.

    We can do the same for the major lunar standstill:

    Juliandate	Date Time	Declination		Juliandate	Date Time	Declination
    2453775	2006-02-08 21:00	+28°20'27"		2453790	2006-02-23 00:00	-28°28'45"
    2453803	2006-03-08 05:00	+28°21'34"		2453817	2006-03-22 08:00	-28°28'52"
    2453830	2006-04-04 14:00	+28°22'32"		2453844	2006-04-18 17:00	-28°28'50"
    2453858	2006-05-01 21:00	+28°23'21"		2453872	2006-05-16 01:00	-28°28'38"
    2453885	2006-05-29 06:00	+28°24'01"		2453899	2006-06-12 09:00	-28°28'16"
    2453912	2006-06-25 14:00	+28°24'31"		2453926	2006-07-09 17:00	-28°27'44"
    2453939	2006-07-22 02:00	+28°24'51"		2453954	2006-08-06 01:00	-28°27'02"
    2453967	2006-08-19 06:00	+28°25'02"		2453981	2006-09-02 10:00	-28°26'11"
    2453994	2006-09-15 14:00	+28°25'02"		2454008	2006-09-29 18:00	-28°25'11"
    2454021	2006-10-12 22:00	+28°24'53"		2454036	2006-10-27 02:00	-28°24'01"
    2454049	2006-11-09 07:00	+28°24'34"		2454063	2006-11-23 10:00	-28°22'41"

    So the Major Lunar standstill happened somewhere around mid 2006.

    I have shown you the minor and major lunar standstill moments in time. It is fluctuating in a mean period of 18.59967151 years between ~18° degrees to ~28.5° degrees. You can also look at above dates with the objects on (see “Showing the Moon Nodal precession”).

    • Open “Objects show/hide”
    • Select “Moon Apsidal Nodal” AND “Moon Nodal Precession”

11. Showing perihelion aligned with solstice in year 1246 AD June solstice

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2176324” or at “Date” “1246-06-14“
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon Now you can tilt the view, but you have to turn around 180 degrees such you see the Sun.

    You will see the HELION POINT, white dot, aligned with CENTER, black dot. In year 1246 AD the June solstice was on 14th of June and in line with Sun furthest from earth (aphelion).

    • Go to “positions”

    Look at the Right Ascension, Declination & Distances numbers from the “Sun” You will see “Sun Orbit Center” RA value to be 06h00m01s. This means the Earth rotation is FULLY ALIGNED with the HELION POINT.

    In year 1246, looking from Earth, the June solstice was aligned with aphelion and December solstice in 1246 AD aligned with perihelion.

12. Showing the perihelion aligned with solstice in year 8308 BC AND the Four Royal Stars.

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “-1313565” or at “Date” “-8309-08-28“
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon Now you can tilt the view such you see the Sun.

    You will see the HELION POINT, white dot, aligned with CENTER, black dot. In Year 8308 BC the winter solstice was on 27th of February and in line with Sun furthest from earth (aphelion). Now let’s have a look at the stars around that time.

    • Open “Stars & helper objects”
    • Select “Stars”
    • Select “Star names”
    • Select “Constellations”

    You will see HELION POINT, white dot to be more or less aligned with the star “Aldebaran”. Turn around 180 degrees, you will see the HELION POINT more or less aligned with the star “Antares”. Turn 90 degrees back and forth and you will the Stars “Fomalhaut” and “Regulus”. These 4 stars form a Square / Cross and are called the Four Royal Stars a.k.a. the Guardians of the Sky. So to summaries, the aphelion/ perihelion are aligned with winter solstice/ summer solstice AND aligned with the 4 royal stars.

    These stars are the reason why certain Country flags / Coat of arms/ Royal houses have Eagles, Lions and Bulls in them, including 17,000 years old cave paintings (opens in a new tab), and are depicted on ancient art pieces (opens in a new tab) a lot. Just browse a day on the internet and you will see the references all over the place including depictions of Jesus with the four archangels.

    These stars, represented by their zodiac sign, are also depicted on the Pillars in Göbleki Tepe (opens in a new tab) which is at the core of our civilisation.

    

    Göbleki Tepe was build around 9,500 BC (opens in a new tab). The site covers over 90 soccer fields but is only expedited for a very small 5 percentage (opens in a new tab). The intention of the owning Doğuş Group (opens in a new tab), is to keep it buried “for future generations” (opens in a new tab).

13. Showing the start of the Age of Aquarius in year 1981 AD

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Stars & helper objects”
    • Select “Zodiac”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see CENTER.

    You will see the zodiac wheel is ALMOST aligned with CENTER.

    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2444685” or at “Date” “1981-03-21“

    You will see the zodiac wheel EXACTLY is aligned with CENTER.

    This is off course a setting in the model itself of where exactly we will place the zodiac wheel. We could easily make it different. However the real reason why it is year 1981 AD is because in year -27,418 (JD: -8293344 12:00) the perihelion/aphelion and summer solstices are aligned with the start of the Zodiac signs with a obliquity of -20°46'53" (check it for yourself). Conclusion is however in year 1981 AD the age of Aquarius started formally.

14. Showing Mars in opposition to Earth (e.g. in year 2003 AD)

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “2452880” or at “Date” “2003-08-28“
    • Zoom in and tilt a little to see Earth between Mars and the Sun.

    Here you can see more dates which you can check (opens in a new tab)

15. Showing the 5 petals structure of Venus

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Click on the "Trace" MENU (NOT Trace button) and deselect “Mars” (the default setting) and select “Venus” to determine which planets you want to trace.
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1 year”
    • Select the trace BOX (NOT the menu), to turn the trace actually on, next time you press RUN. So it is a 2 step approach (first MENU, then BOX)
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the ‘5 petals' by Venus on its trip around the Sun appearing.

    You can also see the petals moving in clockwise direction with:

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “10 years”

    NOTE be careful to select larger amounts of time because the traces are calculated. Your browser might stall. Just press the RUN button ONCE more and wait a few seconds so it can end normally. In my browser 100 years is still doable but above the figures it doesn’t work anymore.

    You can choose any celestial body for which you wish to exhibit its path around our system over time. This will show you the beautiful "mandala-like", spinographic trajectories of our Solar System's various bodies.

16. Showing the location of the barycenter of all planets

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Settings”
    • Open “Objects show/hide”
    • Select ALL planets “barycenter location” (so e.g. “Mercury barycenter location”)
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the planet barycenters turn the same as the Earth Precession Orbit (EPO). THE GOLDEN SPIRAL IS TURNING.

    This is also mentioned in chapter 9. Look over there for more details.

17. Showing the HELION POINT moving 360° in 101,920 years.

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Settings”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon. No need to tilt. Just zoom

    You will see a white dot: The HELION POINT

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will the HELION POINT moving 360° in 101,920 years around CENTER.

    • Go to Speed multiplier and put it to max 5.

    Now you will see it even more clearly.

18. Showing the “Sun Orbit Center (Mean eccentricity)” moving 360° in 101,920 years

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Settings”
    • Open “Objects show/hide””
    • Select “Sun Orbit Center (Mean eccentricity)”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon. No need to tilt. Just zoom

    You will see 2 white dot: The original HELION POINT which is switched on by default in the model, and “Sun Orbit Center (Mean eccentricity)” which is representation of the rotation of the Earth compared to the Sun Orbit Center.

    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will the “Sun Orbit Center (Mean eccentricity)” moving 360° in 101,920 years around CENTER AND Sun Orbit Center revolving around the “Sun Orbit Center (Mean eccentricity)” in the same way as Earth revolves around CENTER.

    • Go to Speed multiplier and put it to max 5.

    Now you will see it even more clearly. In chapter 6 I have created some graphs based upon the behaviour of the Sun Orbit Center which has a result on Earth’s length of year.

19. Showing Earth moving along the Earth Precession Orbit (EPO) through time

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Open “Stars & helper objects”
    • Select “Polar line”
    • Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see CENTER.
    • Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
    • Press “Run”

    You will see the axial precession moving in a cycle of 23,520 years from Polaris to Polaris.

20. Showing Earth minimum obliquity date

    • Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
    • Fill in at “Julian day” “-8293344” or at “Date” “-27418-01-23“

    You will see Sun maximum obliquity at that date being -20°31'43" and half a year later it is -20°46'53" which is 20.7815° (23.2925-1.2555-1.2555), which is the theoretically minimum that is possible in the dummy universe model.

    NOTE the theoretically maximum possible in the dummy universe model is a little smaller because when the inclination is at its highest point, the axial tilt is never maximum.

If you play with all above mentioned settings, AND read this book, AND study the Excel intensively, you will most probably understand the dummy universe model. The model might still needs some fine-tuning, but at the core it seems correct.

I might add some more instructions later in time.