S.E.A's Solar System Simulation

NASA Spaceapps 2024 Challenge Submission by Team S.E.A

This project aims to simulate planets and NEOs within the inner solar system, and to check whether these NEOs can be classified as dangerous to Earth. These PHAs have been highlighted in red for identification.

The controls are located on the top left of the game window, allowing for easy movement around the simulation, and permitting the user to zoom in and out to clearly see the movement of the bodies.

On the top right, three toggles can be found, performing various things:

1. The first toggle switches the view from showing planets orbiting the sun to the NEOs and PHAs that orbit the sun. This can help one focus on both the planets, and the NEOs and PHAs separately.
2. The second toggle changes the names of the body that are displayed at the top of each body to a list of their respective orbital parameters. The order of these orbital parameters is detailed on the toggle button.
3. The third toggle swaps between the visibility of the "dummy" object, which will be described later.

The "Universal Speed" slider, located at the centre towards the bottom of the screen helps us change how fast the simulation is running, with a default speed of 0.5 Earth years per second.

The "dummy" object, which can be enabled using the third toggle, is an interactive object that has been included within the simulation, On enabling its visibility, a set of options appear on the bottom left of the screen, allowing us to change the orbital parameters of the object in real time. This allows us to simulate various parameters that affect the orbit of an object, and deem whether a specific object not already included in the simulation could pose harm to Earth.