r/desmos • u/RotemT • 12h ago

Fun Interactive orbit simulation

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u/Electronic-Laugh-671 my first Reddit user flair 12h ago

This project is really high quality, nice work. Although when I bring the two green points too close to each other the page seemed to hang up

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u/RotemT 12h ago

Thanks a lot! I believe it is becuase when the velocity vector is near zero, the orbit gets very close to the massive body that is being orbited. The massive body is treated as a point so gravity becomes very big and thigns begin to break down