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☀️ Dyson Swarm Cross-Section: Rays, Coverage and Radiation Pressure

Build a Dyson swarm around a star: coverage, collected power, radiation pressure against gravity, equilibrium temperature and the mass budget.

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

Details

CategorySpace & Astronomy

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsPresets and star type (Sun, red dwarf, Sirius A); sliders for orbit radius, full-build coverage, collector areal density and conversion efficiency; brush to harvest or build collectors, auto-build, time scale; click a collector to inspect it, drag to pan and scroll to zoom.

Dyson swarmKardashev scaleradiation pressurespace engineeringsolar power

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 2D cross-section of a Dyson swarm: every ray from the star is either intercepted by a collector or escapes. Harvest or build collectors with a brush and watch captured starlight track the 1 - exp(-c) overlap law, with radiation pressure versus gravity, plate temperature and mass budget.

Dyson swarmKardashev scaleradiation pressurespace engineeringsolar power

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