The Orbital Simulator project uses Python to simulate the motion of celestial bodies based on physics principles.
The main modules in the project are:
This module defines the CelestialBody class. Each instance of the class represents a celestial body with the following properties:
name: The name of the celestial body.mass: The mass of the celestial body.position: The initial position of the celestial body.velocity: The initial velocity of the celestial body.radius: The radius of the celestial body.color: The color to represent the celestial body in the visualization.
The Simulation class handles the physics simulation of the celestial bodies. It includes methods to calculate gravitational forces, update positions, and run the simulation.
Instances of the Simulation class contain a list of celestial_bodies which are simulated and a trajectory object to store the trajectory data.
constants.py file contains all the necessary physical constants and conversion factors used in simulations.
config_loader.py is used to load the configuration for the simulation from a YAML file.
The animator module is responsible for generating a visual representation of the simulation.
Main execution point of the program. Initializes the simulation and visualizer and starts the simulation.
Ensure you have installed all necessary python packages (PyYAML, matplotlib, numpy, etc.) and then run main.py.
As this is a learning project, contributions in the form of suggestions, bug reports, or pull requests are welcome.
This project is licensed under the MIT License, details of which can be found in LICENSE.md.