Gravity Freeplay

MathsIsFun · 2009-04-24 12:32:06

I find it a little mesmerising. I like to set things going and check back every so often to see what is happening.

The gravity simulation is fairly good ... I tested internally with the measurements of Sun/Mercury/Venus/Earth and they behaved nicely

Comments/suggestions?

mathsyperson · 2009-04-24 13:27:51

Heehee, this is fun!
I managed to build a Sun + Earth + Halley's Comet model that ran nicely for a while, but then the comet crashed into Earth which made the Earth crash into the Sun.

MathsIsFun · 2009-05-10 11:41:13

New Version 0.8

It will ask you what mass you want (if you don't want it to ask, there is an "ask" toggle button)

mathsyperson · 2009-05-12 04:09:11

I think a pause button would be useful.
It's hard to make stable systems with more than two planets right now, because the first two settle into an orbit and then when you introduce a third it usually crashes into one of them or flies away.

MathsIsFun · 2009-05-12 09:32:16

Pause is good.

Yes it IS hard to make stable systems of 3 or more ... maybe that is also true of planetary systems.

bobbym · 2009-05-12 12:34:02

Someone was able to make a 9 or 10(?) planetary system that will and has remained stable for billions of years.

simron · 2009-05-12 13:10:55

D'oh! So close!

Last edited by simron (2009-05-12 13:12:28)

pi314 · 2017-02-27 01:43:14

Can you add a save/load feature?

MathsIsFun · 2017-02-27 22:15:32

Maybe an all-text version of "edit" would do the job. If I get some free time I will work on it

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