Expanding off of my Lunar Orbit game, this simulation shows the planets of our solar system (only out to Jupiter, due to room size limits) orbiting the sun. Like Lunar Orbit, all of the planets use scientific data to determine all of their variables (speed, angles, etc.).

(Planets spiraling toward the Sun takes so long to start that it barely affects the simulation, assuming you don't have it running at max speed.)

Tags: planets, star, sun, retrograde, orbit, scientific, outer, space, acceleration, gravity, simulation, sim, mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, educational

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