plot_system_3d: Plot 3D Interactive System Snapshot at a Single Time

In orbitr: A Tidy Physics Engine for Building and Visualizing Orbital Simulations

Plot 3D Interactive System Snapshot at a Single Time

Description

The 3D counterpart to [plot_system()]. Draws every body's position at a chosen time as a sphere in an interactive plotly scene, optionally with the full orbital trajectories shown faintly behind.

Usage

plot_system_3d(sim_data, time = NULL, trails = FALSE)

Arguments

sim_data	A tibble output from [simulate_system()].
time	Time (in simulation seconds) to snapshot. Defaults to the last time step. Snaps to the closest available time in the data.
trails	Logical. If 'TRUE' (the default), the full orbit paths are drawn faintly behind the snapshot points.

Value

A 'plotly' HTML widget.

Examples

create_system() |>
  add_body("Earth", mass = mass_earth) |>
  add_body("Moon",  mass = mass_moon,
           x = distance_earth_moon, vy = speed_moon, vz = 100) |>
  simulate_system(time_step = seconds_per_hour, duration = seconds_per_day * 30) |>
  plot_system_3d()

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