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Earth and Moon computer simulation [closed]
So I want to simulate the solar system but want to start simple with one orbiting body.
However, I never did anything like this before and was wondering if anyone here could give me some hints.
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Initial position and velocity of rocket to escape earth's gravity
I'm trying to numerically simulate a spacecraft trajectory between earth and mars. I already wrote the solar system model where the sun is at the origin of the x,y,z plane Earth and Mars are orbiting ...
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Simulations of Planetary Motions
I wrote a spreadsheet that simulates the trajectory of 3 planets in 2D space. The method is simple: for each moment in space, calculate the force felt and velocity of each planet, then for the next ...
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Software to simulate dynamics of objects in a given gravitation field [closed]
I want to simulate and test set of 2D designs that basically have pulley/gear/chain-linked systems under Gravity (For e.g. to check how a pulley would rotate given particular weights, of course I'm ...
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Why doesn't my particle simulation end in a flat disc?
I've made a 3d particle simulator where particles are attracted to each other by the inverse of the square radius. The purpose of my experiment is to see if this alone would create a flat disk (like ...
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Simulating a black hole binary system
As part of a project for my degree I am writing code to simulate N-body gravitational interactions, however I have to then use this code to investigate something. Struggling to think of ideas I ...
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Simulating Gravity in 3D Game?
Alright, I am writing a space simulator for a 3D game and I would like to implement gravity of objects into it.
Is there a nice way to find a velocity vector which can be added to my engine output ...
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Simulate a physical impact of objects made of finite, small elements
I want to simulate an impact between two bodies according to gravity, and eventually considering other forces to stick matter together. I'd like to use python to do this, but I am open to ...
