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🪐 Orbital Resonance Simulation (2D)

Canvas2D companion: two bodies orbit a central mass on Kepler ellipses, and locking their periods to a small integer ratio makes the resonance angle librate instead of circulate.

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

⚙ Under the hood

Canvas2D companion: two bodies orbit a central mass on Kepler ellipses, and locking their periods to a small integer ratio makes the resonance angle librate instead of circulate.

orbital resonancekepler's lawscelestial mechanicsgravityspace

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