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☄️ Realistic Meteor Streak Visualization (2D): Drag, Ablation and Light Curve

A 2D single-body meteor model: exponential atmosphere, drag, ablation and luminous efficiency, with presets for sporadic, Perseid, Geminid, iron fireball and grazing entries, live light curve, speed and mass graphs, and three in-page numerical checks against closed forms.

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Realistic Meteor Streak Visualization (2D): Drag, Ablation and Light Curve ↗ Open standalone
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A 2D single-body meteor model: exponential atmosphere, drag, ablation and luminous efficiency, with presets for sporadic, Perseid, Geminid, iron fireball and grazing entries, live light curve, speed and mass graphs, and three in-page numerical checks against closed forms.

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

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