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GalCrash
Urlhttp://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/main.html
CreatorChris Mihos
ContributorNone listed
PublisherCase Western Reserve University
DescriptionThis is an interactive java applet which allows you to model galaxy collisions on your own computer. With this applet you can study how galaxies collide and merge gravitationally and how the effects of the collision depend on the properties of the galaxies. You can also recreate collisions between real interacting galaxies observed in the sky.
FormatHTML, Java
SubjectSpace, Astronomy, Physics
KeywordAstronomy, Spiral Galaxies, Spiral Galaxy, Shape, Morphology, Galaxy, Galaxies, Collision
AudienceEducator, Learner/Student