Erstellt am: 26. 2. 2010 - 14:46 Uhr

Today's Webtip: Solar System 2.0

because learning can be fun, even if you don't understand what you're doing.

Physics can be fun.

Really. Billiards and juggling are two perfect examples.

And now there is a third. Solar System 2.0 is a physics simulator that let's you try to put together a stable solar system. And that aint easy.

PhET

If you get the parameters wrong, your heavenly bodies will either end up crashing into each other, or they will be flung out into the depths of interstellar space.

So far I have only managed to get a single planet into a stable orbit. My attempts with four bodies almost always end up looking like a three-year-old's scribble.

The graphics and gameplay are simple, but it can be surprisingly addictive.

Unfortunately.

Solar System 2.0