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🌌 Galaxy Collision & Tidal Tails

🌌 Galaxy Collision & Tidal Tails

Gravitational N-body astrophysical simulation. Watch two disk galaxies collide as differential tidal forces eject long parabolic stellar bridges and tails.

DRAG CORE TO INTERACTIVELY GUIDE FLIGHT PATH Epoch: T = +45 Myr (Periastron Passage)
Relative Infall Velocity 240 km/s
Impact Parameter (Pericenter) 35 kpc
500 Active Star Particles

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