Newton's laws
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Newton's equations of motion tell us how bodies move, for example under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction.
This animation is actually a real simulation: It solves Newton's equations of motion for a bunch of stars (in three-dimensional space), inside your browser!
From the modern perspective, Newton's equations are not very complicated. In your browser, these are just two dozen lines of code.
Florian Marquardt 2020