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🛰 Gravity Probe B: Geodetic Effect and Frame Dragging of a Gyroscope in Orbit - 3D Physics Simulation

Fly a gyroscope satellite around a rotating Earth and watch general relativity tilt its axis: the 6.6 arcsecond-per-year geodetic drift and the 41 milliarcsecond-per-year frame-dragging drift. Post-Newtonian equations, orbit averages and published checks.

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Gravity Probe B: Geodetic Effect and Frame Dragging of a Gyroscope in Orbit - 3D Physics Simulation ↗ Open standalone
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Fly a gyroscope satellite around a rotating Earth and watch general relativity tilt its axis: the 6.6 arcsecond-per-year geodetic drift and the 41 milliarcsecond-per-year frame-dragging drift. Post-Newtonian equations, orbit averages and published checks.

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

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