The Many Moons of Google Earth
A Google Earth add-on containing 34 real scale 3D models of the largest natural satellites in the Solar System crammed around Google Earth. 
34 Moons in Google Earth (4.5MB)
Why have I done this? Well, think of it as an interactive 3D size comparison chart, contrasting the size of the Earth with every moon greater than 100km diameter.
The video gives a quick fly through:
Clicking on the icons (not shown in the video) displays basic information for each moon, plus links to images in the Nasa/JPL image library and Wikipedia articles.
Wherever possible the models use real photo maps for textures, and for the non-spherical bodies, accurate shape files - details of where these come from are listed below. To put the models together I used the techniques outlined in these two earlier posts.
Textured globe models
Martian system in Google Earth
Acknowledgements
Texture Maps
- Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto - created by Björn Jónsson
- Epimetheus, Amalthea, Janus, Hyperion, Proteus - Phil Stooke
- Triton - distributed under a GNU General Public License (GPL) as part of the Celestia source code.
- Mimas*, Miranda*, Tethys*, Dione*, Ariel*, Umbriel*, Oberon*, Titania*, Rhea* - USGS
- Charon, Titan - NASA/JPL/Seal
- The Moon - Naval Research Laboratory
- Enceladus*, Iapetus* - Courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shape files
- Epimetheus, Amalthea, Janus, Hyperion, Proteus - Phil Stooke
- Portia, Despina, Puck, Himalia, Galatea, Sycora, Larissa, Nereid and Dysnomia use various scaled and stretched versions of a generic model I created based on Phil Stooke’s Proteus.
* These images have had some additional tweaking and colourization in PSPro.
Related posts:
- Martian System in Google Earth
- Full-Sky Temperature Maps in Google Earth
- Solar System in Google Earth
- Real Sized Planets in Google Sky
- Jupiter From New Horizons
James, again, wow
http://google-earth-es.blogspot.com/2007/07/34-lunas-del-sistema-solar.html
Great stuff. But what’s with the detailed surface imagery of Charon? I’m pretty sure there isn’t any!
db - yes, the Charon map is largely fictional… but comes with the NASA stamp of approval
http://maps.jpl.nasa.gov/pluto.html
thankyou
you need to just show how many moons there are and not confuse us with that show(or what ever you call it).
i am so crazy about space .i travel all world by google earth .com. i want any more web site like google earth .i would like to see more sitelight images in free cost .please help me .
i like moons
i m surprise after see that around over 34moons.
I installed the many moons plugin. It installed right the first time with the moons and the surface texture showing. Every time I open Google Earth again and turn on the Many Moons they only show up as round spheres with no surface textures. I reinstalled the file again, the textures showed up, but when reopening Google Earth again I get the same results. Anyone know why I keep losing the surface texture maps?
Thanks,
Ken