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🌙 Tidal Orbital Resonance (2D): Laplace Resonance of Io, Europa and Ganymede from a Four-Body Integration

2D companion of the tidal orbital resonance sim: a four-body leapfrog integration of Io, Europa and Ganymede showing the Laplace angle librating about 180 degrees, eccentricity exchange and checks of Kepler III and energy conservation.

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⚙ Under the hood

The 2D companion of the tidal orbital resonance sim: a live four-body integration of Jupiter with Io, Europa and Ganymede, showing the Laplace angle librating about 180 degrees, eccentricity exchange between the moons and in-page checks of Kepler's third law and energy conservation.

Orbital ResonanceLaplace ResonanceGalilean MoonsN-body SimulationTidal Heating

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