About My Solar System
Build your own system of heavenly bodies and watch the gravitational ballet. With this orbit simulator, you can set initial positions, velocities, and masses of 2, 3, or 4 bodies, and then see them orbit each other.
How to play My Solar System
Everything is hands-on: drag, click and experiment — the simulation reacts instantly. Build your own system of heavenly bodies and watch the gravitational ballet.
Questions & answers
- What is My Solar System?
- My Solar System is a free interactive simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder) that you can play right in your browser on crumble.lol — no downloads and no sign-up. Build your own system of heavenly bodies and watch the gravitational ballet. With this orbit simulator, you can set initial positions, velocities, and masses of 2, 3, or 4 bodies, and then see them orbit each other.
- What can kids learn from My Solar System?
- It helps kids explore: predict how the position, mass, velocity, and distance between planetary bodies affect their motion and orbits. illustrate how the gravitational force controls the motions of the planets explore the different motions that a group of planetary bodies can have. describe the behavior of the planet's velocity in different moments of its orbit.
- What age is My Solar System good for?
- It is designed for elementary school (roughly ages 5–10) up to university, and curious kids outside that range can absolutely enjoy poking around it too.
- Is My Solar System free to play?
- Yes — My Solar System is completely free on crumble.lol and runs fully in your browser on computers and tablets.