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Kuiper Belt Explorer (2D)

Top-down 2D Canvas simulation of the Kuiper Belt: thousands of icy KBOs orbiting the Sun beyond Neptune under Kepler's third law, with the Pluto-like 3:2 mean-motion resonance highlighted.

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

This 2D companion drives the same Keplerian mechanic as the 3D version on a plain top-down canvas: each KBO's angular speed follows Kepler's third law (r^-1.5), and a highlighted subset sits at 1.31× Neptune's distance in the 3:2 mean-motion resonance that anchors Pluto and the Plutino family. A live readout panel shows Neptune's and the Plutinos' orbital periods and the resonant fraction alongside the belt.

⚙ Under the hood

Top-down 2D Kuiper Belt model: Kepler's third law drives each object's angular speed, with a 3:2 resonant Plutino population highlighted against Neptune's orbit.

Kuiper belticy bodiesPlutoorbital resonanceKepler's third law

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