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🪨 Asteroid Belt Formation (2D)

Top-down 2D restricted three-body simulation: the Sun and Jupiter on exact orbits, thousands of massless asteroids integrated with a symplectic leapfrog, Kirkwood resonances 3:1, 5:2, 7:3 and 2:1, live histograms and three independent numerical checks.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

Top-down restricted three-body simulation: the Sun and Jupiter on exact orbits, thousands of massless asteroids integrated with a symplectic leapfrog, Kirkwood resonances 3:1, 5:2, 7:3 and 2:1, live histograms and three independent numerical checks; Blender-rendered Sun, Jupiter, Mars and rock sprites.

Asteroid BeltKirkwood GapsOrbital ResonanceKepler's Third LawRestricted Three-Body ProblemJupiter

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