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Old 07-03-2003, 12:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I dunno where exactly to post this. It's not a game but it rocks. I was amused by it for hours. This will show who the nerds are in the gorup.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000...atellites.html

It's a gravity simulation of satelites orbiting the earth moon system. It seems pretty accurate (I.E. the force is somewhat inversly proprtional to the distance to the mass and the larger mass has a larger effect).

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wow...thats really neat!

Thanks for the link!
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Old 07-03-2003, 01:04 PM   #3 (permalink)
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i got 2 sattelites circling the earth right now
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Old 07-03-2003, 01:20 PM   #4 (permalink)
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all those are perfectly stable!

It would be neat if you could control speed with some number or something...or even weight of the object!
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Old 07-03-2003, 04:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Gravity sucks!
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This thing's awesome! It's easy to get them in orbit around the earth, but the moon is hard!
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Its great! This was posted here several months ago, but it good to be reminded of it.

Lots of fun.
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I know initial velocity can be controlled by moving the mouse, but that seems ultra sensative. if you maniuplated through equations you can probably use that to control final velocity. I forgot most of my rocket science and gravitational physics.
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Heh. I got one to figure eight around the earth and moon for two orbits before it crashed. Then I had one leave the frame for two seconds at a time and come back. It crashed eventually also.

Very cool toy.
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