Sample Simulations

There are a wide variety of sample simulations provided with AstroGrav, and these are grouped according to the type of simulation into the following folders.

• Abstract simulations are a variety of abstract systems that can be studied, modified, and used as a source of ideas for further investigation.

• Solar System simulations are a variety of solar system simulations, with each one containing different subsets of objects (planets, moons, asteroids, comets, KBOs).

• Solar System 2 simulations are examples of particular objects (asteroids, comets) in the solar system whose motion under the influence of gravity is in some way interesting or unusual.

• Space Missions simulations are examples of space missions in which "gravity assists" were used to reach the mission target.

• The Tutorial simulation is provided for use with the tutorial exercises.

Each sample simulation has accompanying notes explaining what the simulation is, how it was created, what you can do with it, and with ideas for further investigation. These notes can be viewed either by using the above links, or by using the Edit / Notes... facility when the simulation is open.

Each sample simulation has been created on a screen with a resolution of 1,024x768 pixels. If you are using a screen with a higher resolution, you may wish to reposition the windows in order to reduce their overlap, and make better use of your larger screen.

If you want to save a sample simulation after changing it, you will need to use File / Save As... rather than File / Save, because the sample simulations have been made 'read-only' to prevent them from getting accidently overwritten.