This project was made to deepen my knowledge of Java GUI and Factory Design Pattern. Solar-J is a visual representation of the solar system, containing the Sun and all 8 planets. Although the arrangement of the planets are accurate, the correct distance betweem them and the size of the planets are unrealistic.

In class-based programming, the factory method pattern is a creational pattern that uses factory methods to deal with the problem of creating objects without having to specify the exact class of the object that will be created. This is done by creating objects by calling a factory method—either specified in an interface and implemented by child classes, or implemented in a base class and optionally overridden by derived classes—rather than by calling a constructor.

• Move the camera using the Arrow keys and WASD keys.
• Zoom in and out using the mouse wheel.
• Play/Pause simulation by pressing Space key.
• Press "Esc" to close the program.

To run this project, just open it with your favorite IDE/Editor and run the main package. You can also run the binaries.