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☄ Cometary Dust Tail — 2D Radiation Pressure and Syndyne Map

2D companion of the cometary dust tail sim: a top-down view of a comet on a Keplerian orbit releasing grains that feel reduced gravity (1 - beta), with comet distance and speed plots and the critical beta for escape, checked against Kepler's equation.

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Cometary Dust Tail — 2D Radiation Pressure and Syndyne Map ↗ Open standalone
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2D companion of the cometary dust tail sim: a top-down view of a comet on a Keplerian orbit releasing grains that feel reduced gravity (1 - beta), with comet distance and speed plots and the critical beta for escape, checked against Kepler's equation.

Comet TailSolar Radiation PressureDust DynamicsKeplerian Orbit

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

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