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A Simulation of Stellar Gravity

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A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
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A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 3, 2013 at 9:01 pm
Hovik showed me this website where you can play around with a star's effect on gravity (the planets have gravity as well). You can choose from presets or mess around by moving the stars and planets. It's very fun and it's a great way to learn about possible orbits and gravity.

Here is the link: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/my-solar-s...em_en.html
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 3, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Woohoo I'm the controller of the universe! That means that now I am ...



Never mind.
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 3, 2013 at 10:15 pm
This is sick, so much fun to fling around massive objects
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 3, 2013 at 10:21 pm
That's pretty neat. I'm having way too much fun throwing planets around binary stars and waiting for them to crash.
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 4, 2013 at 12:49 am
These settings are pretty cool--

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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 4, 2013 at 6:51 am
Had to be possible! Smile
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 4, 2013 at 7:11 am
(January 3, 2013 at 10:21 pm)Stimbo Wrote: That's pretty neat. I'm having way too much fun throwing planets around binary stars and waiting for them to crash.


Hehe
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 4, 2013 at 10:00 am
Two moons!
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3 planets!
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 4, 2013 at 7:35 pm
(January 4, 2013 at 7:11 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Hehe
Shades of "The Science of Discworld (I)" Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen

One of my favourite books of the Discworld series. Of course, I'd be hard pressed to think of one that isn't a favourite, but it's up there with the best of 'em.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: A Simulation of Stellar Gravity
January 16, 2013 at 6:51 am
i think this one is better
http://www.nowykurier.com/toys/gravity/gravity.html
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