Introduction
This is a simple Python module that can work out the displacement of any celestial body with a Newtonian framework. We included an animation and a second module to get an astronomical data to test our module.
Project team
- Avram Silberztein (leader)
- Alexander "Aleksey" Ahmann
- Adam Norris
Presentation
View our PowerPoint presentation here: https://osf.io/v6czu/
How we built it
We constructed a simple and "bare-bones" physics engine that works out mechanical calculations (with Silberztein doing most of the coding regarding the engine). Norris used the pygame module to create animations and Ahmann used the astropy and astroquery modules to get the Horizons ephemeris to test our models.
Obstacles and what we learnt
We had to polish our communication skills, of course. But, we did learn some technical skills along the way. Norris got to practice their animation skills and Ahmann (who has an interest in Astronomy) learnt about the astropy module. We do not have much experience working in hackathons, and we are proud of this project, regardless if we win a prize or not!
Log in or sign up for Devpost to join the conversation.