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🪐 Shepherd Moons - 2D Restricted Three-Body Gap and Horseshoe Map

2D companion of the 3D Shepherd Moons simulator: 500 test particles integrated under a planet and a shepherd moon, with a rotating-frame horseshoe map and the Hill-radius gap prediction.

Physics & Mechanics2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the 3D Shepherd Moons simulator: 500 test particles integrated under a planet and a shepherd moon, with a rotating-frame horseshoe map and the Hill-radius gap prediction.

Shepherd MoonsOrbital DynamicsTrojan AsteroidsHill radius

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