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Spin Gravity in the Orbital Greenhouse

Interactive rotating space-station greenhouse: adjust rotation rate, radius and canopy height to see the centrifugal gravity gradient (g = ω²r), then release a water droplet and watch the Coriolis effect deflect its fall toward the outer wall.

Agronomy & Soil Physics3DModerate60 FPS

Orbital greenhouses that need real gravity — for irrigation drainage, soil settling and predictable plant growth — generate it by spinning a cylindrical habitat, so crop trays lining the inner wall feel a centrifugal "down" given by g = ω²r. This simulator renders a rotating station with a ring of crops on its inner wall and lets you adjust rotation rate, radius and canopy height to see the resulting gravity gradient between a plant's base and its top, then release a simulated water droplet to trace how the Coriolis effect curves its fall in the rotating frame — the two effects engineers must balance when sizing a real spin-gravity habitat.

⚙ Under the hood

Simulate a rotating cylindrical space-station greenhouse: adjust rotation rate and radius to see how centrifugal spin gravity (g = ω²r) varies across crop canopy height, then release a water droplet to watch the Coriolis effect deflect it as it falls toward the outer wall.

space agricultureartificial gravityCoriolis effectrotating habitatorbital greenhousecentrifugal force

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install