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Universe Sandbox 2 accurate representation of gravity
I've been playing Universe Sandbox for a while now and I have never been able to make a near Earth asteroid collide with it. By "make" I mean, simulating billions of years of known, near Earth objects ...
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Simulation packages or theory to work with gravitational collapse of massive molecular clouds?
So, I am getting interested in gravitational collapse of large molecular clouds that fragment and collapse into multiple stars. Are there well-known popular academic simulation packages that simulate ...
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Does one need to take into account finite gravity speed in N-body simulations?
Most small-scale N-body simulations (e.g., planetary systems, solar system, stellar clusters, ...) use classical Newtonian gravity.
Most large-scale N-body simulations (e.g., galaxy clusters, ...) ...
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How can I predict space directions?
Did the Neptune and Pluto trajectories ever cross or was it a mere reclassification? Do studies say that I can predict an intersection between 2 trajectories or movements based on data now? Do I have ...
