Orbital Resonance in Universe Sandbox 2 - New Blog Post

[Jar]

Not sure how many of you pay attention to our Facebook, Twitter, or blog, but last week we put up a new post about orbital resonance rings in Universe Sandbox 2, written by our astronomer, Eric.

http://universesandbox.com/blog/2014/04/orbital-resonance/

It's a good read about a new feature and the challenges of implementing accurate science and physics into Universe Sandbox 2.

While you're checking that out, you should also go ahead and like our Facebook page:
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[tuto99]

Oh wow, that's nice!

[smjjames]

" In practice, though, the simulation would need very, very high precision and to run for a very, very long time, and until we are running Universe Sandbox on a supercomputer, ring gaps won’t develop spontaneously."

Aw, for a moment I thought you made the rings develop the resonance on their own. Awesome though.

Orbital resonances should form a whole lot easier with planetary accretion sims though, I think.

[blotz]

yes! everyone loves realistic things