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3 Body Instability Simulator

A screenshot from the simulation you can try out below!

A simulation made in unity to demonstrate how the unstable nature of 3 orbiting stars leads to globular clusters having their more massive stars closer to the centre. The music used is "Stars" by Stefan Lu.

Click the cog in the top right for instructions.

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