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2.5 Gravitational Attraction - The Nature of Code

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How to apply Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation using vectors and forces in p5.js.

In this video, I demonstrate how to apply Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation in p5.js using vectors and forces. Code: thecodingtrain.com/tracks/the-nature-of-code-2/noc/2-forces/… 🚀 Watch this video ad-free on Nebula nebula.tv/videos/the-coding-train-yt-2-5-gravitational-attra… p5.js Web Editor Sketches: 🕹️ Gravitational Attraction: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/MkLraatd 🕹️ Attraction Exercise: editor.p5js.org/codingtrain/sketches/ImehzZuCU 🎥 Previous video: youtu.be/DxFDgOYEoy8?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZV4yEcW3uDwOgGXKUUsPOM 🎥 Next video: youtu.be/GjbKsOkN1Oc?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZV4yEcW3uDwOgGXKUUsPOM 🎥 All videos: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZV4yEcW3uDwOgGXKUUsPOM References: 🔗 Newton's law of universal gravitation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton's_law_of_universal_gravitation 🔗 2.9 Gravitational Attraction: natureofcode.com/book/chapter-2-forces/#29-gravitational-att… Videos: 🎥 Acceleration Vector: youtu.be/T84AWnntxZA 🎥 Attraction and Repulsion Forces: youtu.be/OAcXnzRNiCY Timestamps: It's time for gravitational attraction! Diagram the mover and attractor Formula for gravitational attraction Add an attractor Add an attractor class Revisit the diagram Add an attract function Role of distance squared Constrain the range of distance squared Give mover an initial velocity Give the background some alpha Add an array of mover objects Possible variations Editing by Mathieu Blanchette Animations by Jason Heglund Music from Epidemic Sound 🚂 Website: thecodingtrain.com/ 👾 Share Your Creation! thecodingtrain.com/guides/passenger-showcase-guide 🚩 Suggest Topics: github.com/CodingTrain/Suggestion-Box 💡 GitHub: github.com/CodingTrain 💬 Discord: thecodingtrain.com/discord ✪ Nebula: go.nebula.tv/codingtrain 💖 Membership: youtube.com/thecodingtrain/join 🛒 Store: standard.tv/codingtrain 🖋️ Twitter: twitter.com/thecodingtrain 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/the.coding.train/ 🎥 Coding Challenges: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH 🎥 Intro to Programming: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6Zy51Q-x9tMWIv9cueOFTFA 🔗 p5.js: p5js.org 🔗 p5.js Web Editor: editor.p5js.org/ 🔗 Processing: processing.org 📄 Code of Conduct: github.com/CodingTrain/Code-of-Conduct This description was auto-generated. If you see a problem, please open an issue: github.com/CodingTrain/thecodingtrain.com/issues/new #forbeginners #javascript #p5js

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent explanation of gravity and orbital mechanics for creative coding and game physics.

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If you don't need any of the planets to be widgets you could use a custom painter and just follow a basic tutorial for rotating objects around a point. Maybe try this coding train one It'd be mostly the same stuff except you'd need to animate it differently using setstate or a valuenotifier or something.

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Thank you) I initially was inspired by The Coding Train video about gravity attraction and decided to improve it) so you can check the video, he explains everything really good: [video