# Gravity solar system simulator

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gravity-interactive-solar-system-simulator/

5 people recommended Gravity solar system simulator in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Browser solar-system simulator people find fun to explore and useful for learning orbits and scale. Caveat: on mobile, text panels cover much of the screen and hide the sun.

Summary written by Claude from 24 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 8 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Accurate, impressive depictions of space (1 comment in the sample): "I'm never failed to be impressed by any representation of the scale of space." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46430694))

## What people recommend instead

- [Falstad Math and Physics Simulations](https://hackerapproved.com/p/falstad-math-and-physics-simulations/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Gravity solar system simulator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gravity-interactive-solar-system-simulator/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.