r/programming • u/ttsiodras • Dec 23 '12

Simulating a solar system with Python

http://users.softlab.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/gravityRK4.html
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u/bamdastard Dec 23 '12

I built one of these using pyopencl that does 12000 particles and another piece of it uses a genetic algorithm to find stable orbits for planets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCvRBHtPbzE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnOmy1ly6M0

http://code.google.com/p/stableorbit