What is Orbital Mechanics?

Orbital Mechanics : A simple planetary orbit simulator.

In depth

A closer look at Orbital Mechanics

Orbital Mechanics is a small, Java based application specially designed to offer you planetary orbit simulator. Yyou can set initial positions, velocities, and masses of 3 bodies and then see them orbit each other. With this simulator, you can adjust the bodies so that various orbital concepts can be studied in detail. Orbital concepts include inverse square law, Kepler's 3 planetary laws of motion, escape velocity, satellite behavior, Lagrange points and geostationary points.

Verdict

Should you download Orbital Mechanics?

Orbital Mechanics runs on Windows 10/11 and is available under the Freeware license — the installer is 1.4 MB. We’ve catalogued it under Science and Engineering.

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