AstroSonify

vs-sonify-01 · planetary sonification
NASA Space Apps 2023 Winner

Hear the sun.
Play the planets.
Sing the stars.

Physical parameters of solar system bodies — temperature, diameter, orbital velocity — mapped to audible sine waves with ADSR envelopes. Originally built for NASA Space Apps Challenge Adelaide 2023.

Source: NASA Planetary Factsheet · JPL Horizons

§1Celestial Bodies

Click any body to sonify its parameters

§2Image Sonifier

Scan a starfield left-to-right, each cell plays a pentatonic note

Click Sonify Image to scan the starfield left-to-right.

Scanner Controls

8 × 4 grid · luminance → pentatonic scale
Pitch       f  = 220 × 2^((T_mean − 270) / 50)   Hz
Duration    d  = 0.4 + 2.0 × log₁₀(D / 3000)     seconds
Amplitude   a  = 0.20 + 0.60 × (V_orb / 50)
Envelope    ADSR · A 0.02s · D 0.10s · S 0.7 · R 0.3s