Comment by npodbielski
Comment by npodbielski 2 days ago
Seems like there is no way to actually make those collide with each other. Even when they are really close, they are just make a pass go in other direction.
Comment by npodbielski 2 days ago
Seems like there is no way to actually make those collide with each other. Even when they are really close, they are just make a pass go in other direction.
Just for fun, I set it up with six bodies, each 1 unit mass and at 1 unit from origin, but along the three different axes (an octahedron). No initial velocities. Start the sim, they fall towards the center, and then BLAMMO they rocket off in opposite directions at high velocity. Clearly, no conservation of energy here (at least when the bodies are arbitrarily close to each other).
Simple pleasures.
https://youtu.be/ByLhzd5biag
Commentary on close radius interactions. Very interesting wrt nuclear forces!