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Do you know how far the Earth should be from the Sun, so they wouldn't bump into each other and explode? What about other planets and stars?
In the game "To fall, or not to fall" theplayercan inputa certain value for the distance between the star and the planet and getthe prediction of whether the planet could be situated there or no. The player will learn the physical characteristics of the planets and stars, how do they look like, the way to calculate the distances between them through Newton's law of universal gravitation and Newton’s Second Law, as well as what will happen if the distance between them would be changed.
Through playing the "To fall, or not to fall" game the players will discover that the distance from the planets to the stars is one of the key parameters that has to be equal to the certain value in order for the planet to harbor life.
Technologies : JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS.
Github : https://github.com/DimaZdebskyi/dusters
Resources:
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/overview/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160118.html
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-earth-changed-its-orbit.htm
https://giphy.com/explore/gifty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth