This is a javascript demo that renders particles in the magnetic field between the earth and the moon.
The simulation part is a port of Emelie Holm's thesis on the movement of particles in the magnetosphere. It uses Tsyganenko's External Field Model to calculate the movements of particles.
Open index.html in a browser.
- WSADQE - Move viewport forward, backward, left, right, down, up. Hold shift key to move faster.
- X - Reset viewport position to default.
- IK - Change viewport yaw.
- LJ - Change viewport pitch.
- OU - Change viewport roll.
- C - Clear all particles from simulation.
- V - Spawn particles in a grid pattern around the moon.
- B - Spawn particles in a circle pattern around the moon. Consecutive keypresses will change spawned particle mass.
- N - Spawn particles in a circle pattern with a larger radius than 'B'.