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About
Planets is a simple interactive program for playing with simulations of planetary systems. It is great for teaching gravitation on planet level. The user interface is aimed at being simple enough for a fairly young kid to enjoy it, their is a special kid-mode for this purpose.
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Project
- Publisher
- Jyotirmoy Paul
- License
- GPL-2.0-or-later (free software)What this license lets you do
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- Available via
- Snap · Debian · Ubuntu · Fedora
About this data
- Sources
- Sources disagree on the license
- Catalog data as of
- October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (4)
| Source | Name | Version | Built by | License | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snap Store | Planets | 1.4.1 | — | MIT | Planets - A Slide Puzzle |
| Debian | planets | 0.1.13-23+b3 | Distribution build | — | Gravitation simulation of planetary bodies |
| Ubuntu | planets | 0.1.13-23build4 | Distribution build | — | Gravitation simulation of planetary bodies |
| Fedora | planets | 0.1.13 | Distribution build | GPL-2.0-or-later | A celestial simulator |
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