https://github.com/technicjelle/solarsystem

A solar system simulation environment where you can play around with planets, suns, gravity and orbits
https://github.com/technicjelle/solarsystem

desktop orbital-simulation planets simulation simulation-environment solar-system

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A solar system simulation environment where you can play around with planets, suns, gravity and orbits

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/technicjelle/solarsystem
• Owner: TechnicJelle
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2021-02-11T11:06:16.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-19T19:48:23.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-07-23T12:34:04.446Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: desktop, orbital-simulation, planets, simulation, simulation-environment, solar-system
• Language: Processing
• Homepage:
• Size: 18.5 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# SolarSystem

A simple solar system simulation environment where you can play around with planets, suns, gravity and orbits

## [Click here to download!](../../releases/latest)

![Planet impact destruction!](/.github/images/pc_anim4_planetimpact.gif "GIF")\

*Planet impact destruction!*

## Controls

`Left Click (Drag)` Spawn a new Planet\

`Right Click (Drag)` Change the size for new Planets\

`Shift` + `Right Click (Drag)` Change the size more accurately\

`Scroll` Change the mass for new Planets\

`Shift` + `Scroll` Change the mass faster\

`Space` **Play**/Pause the simulation\

`+` Speed up the simulation by 0.5x\

`Shift` + `+` Speed up the simulation by 0.1x\

`-` Slow down the simulation by 0.5x\

`Shift` + `-` Slow down the simulation by 0.1x\

`T` Turn Trail **On**/Off\

`H` Turn Heading Line On/**Off**\

`P` Turn Planet Properties Text On/**Off**\

`U` Turn all UI **On**/Off\

`F` Turn Planet - Planet interaction and destruction upon impact **On**/Off\

`R` Turn Roche limit **On**/Off\

`Q` **High**/Low Quality Trails\

`D` Destroy a Planet (Split it into multiple pieces)\

`X` Remove a Planet (Hover over it with your cursor)\

`Z` Remove all offscreen Planets\

`S` Save Screenshot (will be saved in a screenshots folder next to the executable as *YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.png*)\

`Shift` + `S` Save Screenshot with all Gizmos visible\

`Esc` Close the program

## Screenshots

![Default Settings](/.github/images/pc_def.png "Default Settings")\

*Default Settings*

![GIF](/.github/images/pc_anim3-destruction.gif "GIF")\

*Planet Destruction!*

![Now with Mass! A screenshot](/.github/images/pc_samehue.png "Now with Mass! A screenshot")\

*Now with Mass! These three planets all have the same hue, but due to their difference in mass, their colour is different*

![Now with Mass! A GIF](/.github/images/pc_anim2-mass.gif "Now with Mass! A GIF")\

*Now with Mass! A GIF*

![Now with Sizes!](/.github/images/pc_newsize.png "Now with Sizes")\

*Now with Sizes*

![Challenge!](/.github/images/pc_challenge.png "Challenge")\

*Try to get a planet in a tighter orbit than this. Current recordholder is https://github.com/EV4gamer*

![GIF](/.github/images/pc_anim1-classic.gif "GIF")\

*An GIF of one of the first versions*