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☄️ Comet Mapping Atlas

Watch a comet nucleus sublimate as it approaches the Sun: jets of gas and dust build a curved dust tail and a straight ion tail, both growing and shrinking with heliocentric distance.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS💨 Air & Wind ⚡ Plasma

⚙ Under the hood

Watch a comet nucleus sublimate as it approaches the Sun: active jets vent gas and dust, building a curved dust tail and a straight ion tail whose length and brightness track heliocentric distance, rotation and solar-wind strength.

Three.jsCometsOrbital MechanicsSolar System

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install