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☄️ Comet Tails: Dust, Radiation-Pressure Beta and the Solar-Wind Ion Tail (2D Lab)

2D comet tail simulation: Kepler orbit, sublimation activity, dust grains with radiation-pressure ratio beta and effective gravity GM(1-beta), ion tail along the apparent solar wind, checks.

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

⚙ Under the hood

A Kepler comet sheds thousands of dust grains: radiation pressure with ratio beta (effective gravity GM(1 - beta)) sculpts the curved dust tail while the apparent solar wind aims the straight ion tail, with sublimation activity, vis-viva and force-balance checks.

CometDust TailIon TailRadiation PressureSolar WindCanvas 2D

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