Orbiting and Colliding Galaxies 3D Model

A three-dimensional extension of the supercomputer model of colliding galaxies
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  • GPL
  • Publisher Name:
  • Robbie Mitchell
  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows All
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  • 948 KB

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Orbiting and Colliding Galaxies 3D Model Description

Orbiting and Colliding Galaxies 3D Model is a Java application designed to enable you yo study the supercomputer model of colliding galaxies built by Alar and Juri Toomres in 1972 . This model assumes that galactic centers are point masses and the orbiting stars do not interact with each other (the galactic cores interact with each other and the individual stars). Unlike the Toomres' model (and the Colliding Galaxies model by Christian and Lim), both galactic cores begin with a compliment of stars orbiting their respective cores. These stars start in a 3-D circular orbit about the center of each galaxy in one plane. When the two galaxies pass each other they produce the long spiraling tails.


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