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☄️ Comet Orbit Lab: Kepler Ellipse, Perihelion Heating and Tails

Shape a comet orbit (perihelion, eccentricity, angles) and watch it swing round the Sun among the planets: Kepler's laws, ice sublimation from an energy balance, a coma, ion and dust tails, and optional Jupiter-Neptune perturbations.

Space & Astronomy3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
comet-perihelion-sublimation-orbit-lab ↗ Open standalone
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Shape a comet orbit (perihelion, eccentricity, angles) and watch it swing round the Sun among the planets: Kepler's laws, ice sublimation from an energy balance, a coma, ion and dust tails, and optional Jupiter-Neptune perturbations.

CometKepler OrbitSublimationSolar SystemOrbital MechanicsThree.jsBlender

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

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