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⏳ Time Dilation in a Gravity Well: 2D Map

Top-down 2D map of gravitational and velocity time dilation around a compact mass: drag a ship through the well, compare its clock with a reference clock, and read gravity-only, motion-only and net rates with a side embedding profile.

Special Relativity2DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

Details

CategorySpecial Relativity

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyAdvanced

Target FPS60

ControlsDrag the ship on the clock-rate map; sliders for central mass, ship radius, free-fall orbit toggle, ship speed, reference clock radius, clock speed-up and orbit animation speed; presets for black-hole orbits, the twin paradox, GPS vs ground, neutron star and Sun; play, pause, step and reset.

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⚙ Under the hood

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