AstroKriel / OrbitIntegrators

Visualizing comparison of different orbital mechanics integrators

Generates videos of orbits and energy in a N-two-body simulation.

Structure

• pynbody_root/pynbody/integrators.py:

  • Different numerical integrator functions defined

• pynbody_root/pynbody/simulate.py:

  • Classes for N-body problem simulation

• pynbody_root/pynbody/plot_utils.py:

  • Plotting utility functions

• test_symplectic.ipynb:

  • Main notebook to run simulation and get the video output.

Dependencies

This project requires the following Python packages:

• [numpy]
• [matplotlib]
• [numba]
• [PIL]
• [ffmpeg]