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- From: campanella@cvg.enet.dec.com
- Subject: Computer simulations available?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.032319.11490@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Keywords: simulations, astronomy, cosmology
- Sender: usenet@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 05:17:50 GMT
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- I have often seen TV shows (NOVA, Space Age, etc) which show computer
- simulations of things like a body hitting the young Earth with the result being
- the moon, or galaxies colliding, etc. Usually these appear to be represented by
- a whole bunch of point-masses... I think you know what I mean.
-
- Anyway, I was wondering if any of these simulations were ever made available on
- the net somewhere. Believe, I have only a casual interest, and realize the
- amount of computer power needed to generate these simulations. We have machines
- which are often idle, and thought it might be interesting and educational to try
- these out.
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- Any help would be appreciated.
-
- Michael
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