An amusing little simulator I found

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:34 pm

Make your own solar system.

I found this a while ago, and have been amusing myself with it for a while. It's surprisingly hard to get a stable two planet system going.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:51 pm

Click on the 4 bodies option, then have a look at what happens with the default settings. Why the $%&@ don't we have a planet orbitting like that in our solar system? It would be so cool!

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:58 pm

Nifty little thing, albeit I can see it being somewhat addictive.

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:56 pm

Very cute. It's a good illustration for folks who don't get gravimetric telescopy.

And yeah, with every integer available for those position variables, I could see this sucking up a LOT of time.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:27 am

Well this is wicked!

Blackstar the Chakat · Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:35 am

Hey, I got a planet(about the size they used for moons) to orbit both stars in a binary system. No way it would be habitable, but I think it's good for someone who's just guessing right now.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 1:24 am

Very fun and very cool.

Tiberius · Post by **Tiberius** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:56 am

If you find anything interesting, like getting a planet to orbit in a ternary system, cut and paste the inputs so we can have a look as well!

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:18 pm

I think I'm addicted!

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:46 am

he..he he he...he...he he he he... he he...he...he he he...he he....he he

(my position on this thing is obvious considering i've destroyed 6 planets in 4 minutes XD)

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:36 am

Some of the presets are pretty cool, but I prefer messing with the planets and suns myself. 8)

mwhittington · Post by **mwhittington** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:57 am

This is cool. I got one of the planets to orbit in a 5 point star pattern! Try this:

Bodies: 4 Mass...............Position...............Velocity
..........................................x.......y...............x.......y
...............(1)(200)..............(0).....(0)............(0).....(-1)
...............(2)..(10)............(100)...(0)............(0)...(140)
...............(3)(.001)............(.25)...(0)............(0).....(74)
...............(4)....(1)............(-84)...(0)............(0)...(120)

For a 7 point star, change the x velocity on body 4 to 50!

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:44 pm

Sure those numbers are right? All I keep getting is a bunch of explosions the moment I hit start.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:22 am

Rochey wrote:Sure those numbers are right? All I keep getting is a bunch of explosions the moment I hit start.

Leave it to Rochey to find the exterminatus array on a solar system simulator.

Blackstar the Chakat · Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:40 am

mwhittington wrote:This is cool. I got one of the planets to orbit in a 5 point star pattern! Try this:

Bodies: 4 Mass...............Position...............Velocity
..........................................x.......y...............x.......y
...............(1)(200)..............(0).....(0)............(0).....(-1)
...............(2)..(10)............(100)...(0)............(0)...(140)
...............(3)(.001)............(.25)...(0)............(0).....(74)
...............(4)....(1)............(-84)...(0)............(0)...(120)

For a 7 point star, change the x velocity on body 4 to 50!

It doesn't recognize .25 under the x position. I've tried several varients to see if there was a typo, but they tend to lose planets quickly, or result in unstable orbits no matter what variations I try.