Planet Families 2 2.1

Construct your personalized solar system by conveniently dragging and dropping planets and stars across the cosmos. Witness the intricacies of celestial movement as the physics engine calculates the gravitational interactions between asteroids, planets, and stars.

Will you be able to create a stable solar system? Perhaps you want to challenge yourself further by attempting to form a stable solar system with a binary star?

Funding:

• This project has received support from the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. ESI-0125762, DRL-1010844, and DRL-1421427. The views expressed in this project are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the National Science Foundation.
• This work has also been made possible through funding from NASA under award No. NNX16AE30A. The opinions, findings, and recommendations presented in this project belong to the authors and do not necessarily reflect the perspectives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.