🛰️ Oberth Effect Perigee Burn: Earth Flyby Gravity Assist Lab
Fly a probe past Earth on a hyperbola and see how the pass turns its velocity, changing its Sun-frame speed, and how a rocket burn at perigee adds far more orbital energy than the same burn far away. RK4 trajectory checked against the closed-form hyperbola, turn angle and Oberth relations.
Space & Astronomy3DAdvanced60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
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Fly a probe past Earth on a hyperbola and see how the pass turns its velocity, changing its Sun-frame speed, and how a rocket burn at perigee adds far more orbital energy than the same burn far away. RK4 trajectory checked against the closed-form hyperbola, turn angle and Oberth relations.
Gravity AssistOberth EffectOrbital MechanicsThree.jsBlender
3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install