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Protoplanetary Disk Accretion (2D)

Top-down 2D dust-accretion lab: Kepler-orbiting grains collide and stick into planetesimals and protoplanets around a young star, with adjustable time speed, dust density and stickiness.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
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This 2D companion drives the same Kepler-orbit, probabilistic-merger accretion model as the 3D version through a flat top-down view: dust grains circle a young star faster the closer they orbit, nearby grains merge with a probability set by the stickiness slider while conserving mass, and growing bodies are reclassified from dust to planetesimal to protoplanet — all easier to read at a glance than in the orbiting 3D scene.

⚙ Under the hood

Top-down 2D dust-accretion lab: Kepler-orbiting grains collide and stick into planetesimals and protoplanets around a young star, with adjustable time speed, density and stickiness.

protoplanetary-disksplanet-formationstar-formationplanetesimalsastronomy

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

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