Planet Families 2 - Create Your Own Solar System
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Drag and drop planets and stars to make your own solar system. The physics engine will calculate how gravity between all of the asteroids, planets, and stars affect one another while they move through space.
Can you make a stable solar system? How about a stable solar system with a binary star?
Planet Families works on both phone and tablet devices.
Funding
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. ESI-0125762, DRL-1010844, and DRL-1421427. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
This material is based upon work supported by NASA under award No. NNX16AE30A. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
User reviews
- Fun and engaging for creativity and imagination
- Good graphics and visual appeal
- Educational aspect, particularly for children
- Limited features and objects to deploy (few planets, lack of variety)
- Boring after a short period due to repetitive gameplay
- Some technical issues like crashes and lack of controls (e.g., pinch to zoom)
- Request for more planets and objects
- Desire for added gameplay features (e.g., time control, editing planets)
- Technical problems such as crashing and lack of save function
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