albinjal / Gravity_Simulator

Gravity Simulator

Gravity Simulator

My attempt at simulating gravity via classical mechanics and specifically Newton’s law of universal gravitation (Euler’s formula):

Example

Earth and Moon ~month

This Gif shows a simulated trip for the moon (orange) around the earth (blue). The red vector shows the direction of the applied force while the blue one shows the velocity of the object.

Config : Frames: 686, Steplength: 1s, Seconds/Frame: 60 * 60 (1 Hour / Frame),

Objects:

Data	Earth	Moon
X-Pos	0	0
Y-Pos	0	369671000
X-Vel	0	1082
Y-Vel	0	0
Mass	6 * 10 ** 24	7.3 * 10 ** 22

Earth and Moon ~Year

Frames: 365, Steplength: 1s, Seconds/Frame: 60 * 60 * 24 (1 Day / Frame),

Run

1. Clone this repo
2. Make sure your python env has the required dependencies, otherwise install with pip install
   • imageio
   • matplotlib
3. Configure setting and indata in Simulation.py
4. Run Simulation.py with: Python3 Simulation.py
5. Simulation gif should be in the "Gifs" folder

This project was made to practice object-oriented programming in Python.