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🪐 Clockwork Orrery - 2D Heliocentric Map, Retrograde Loops and Gear Ratios

2D companion of the 3D clockwork orrery: Kepler orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars seen from above and from Earth, retrograde loops, synodic periods and a gear-train ratio designer, checked against Kepler's third law.

Physics & Mechanics2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
Clockwork Orrery - 2D Heliocentric Map, Retrograde Loops and Gear Ratios ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the 3D clockwork orrery: Kepler orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars seen from above and from Earth, retrograde loops, synodic periods and a gear-train ratio designer, checked against Kepler's third law.

OrreryKepler orbitsRetrograde motionGear ratio

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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