ThreeBodyBot now on BlueSky/Mastodon/Tumblr!

The bot is broken once again, because Twitter has randomly suspended (no reason/notice given) my “app” that I use to authenticate/post the simulations. I tried to submit a support ticket and they just sent me a password reset link… Paging @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev for help!

@DarkRedman yes, the bot exists on Mastodon also! @ThreeBodyBot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">botsin.space/@ThreeBodyBot

@ThreeBodyBot I never realized until now I did'nt see more of your posts. When it Comes to API, Twitter broken it since Elon Musk arrive and auth system no longer works via API. I think the good alternative for bots is Mastodon.

The bot is broken once again, because Twitter has randomly suspended (no reason/notice given) my “app” that I use to authenticate/post the simulations. I tried to submit a support ticket and they just sent me a password reset link… Paging @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev for help!

Long time no see! Here to advertise that BlueSky recently added video support, so if you've migrated over there and are missing your daily dose of random three-body problem videos you can now see them here: bsky.app/profile/threeb…

@OliverRCote The simulations are generated with a custom written Julia program, source code available at link in bio. Unfortunately Twitter banned the bot from posting new simulations a few months ago but old ones are still here and new ones are posted each day on other platforms!

@ThreeBodyBot whats being used to display this

Initial conditions: m1=59.5 m2=142.2 m3=41.7 (solar masses) v1x=4.911 v1y=-3.13 v2x=1.839 v2y=-5.072 v3x=-4.533 v3y=3.062 (km/s) x1=-5.0 y1=9.0 x2=-33.0 y2=-20.0 x3=4.0 y3=-32.0 (AU from center) Music: Clair de Lune – Debussy

While the bot can no longer post to Twitter, it made a great simulation today -- the full version is on the YouTube channel here: youtu.be/uHDV4r35twk

@OsakaJack @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev Me too, and thanks!

@ThreeBodyBot @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev Oh, no! I hope they come to their senses. I really enjoy your content.

@conorwhayes @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev @MartianClouds Cool bot I hadn’t heard of until today! You should port it to Mastodon/Tumblr if you haven’t already. Super easy and some example scripts on the bot’s repo that show how to do it.

@ThreeBodyBot @TwitterSupport @TwitterDev Yeah, this happened to me a number of weeks ago with @MartianClouds, and I've seen many other similar accounts getting hit with it too. Really isn't clear why or even if there's anything that can be done about it :/

Ironically this tweet has had no problem summoning lots of problematic bots…while this account is one of the “good” ones that was supposed to be left unscathed by recent rule changes.

Initial conditions: m1=23.9 m2=83.7 m3=48.0 (solar masses) v1x=0.959 v1y=-5.19 v2x=5.156 v2y=-0.831 v3x=5.493 v3y=1.884 (km/s) x1=-35.0 y1=14.0 x2=34.0 y2=-5.0 x3=-32.0 y3=-28.0 (AU from center) Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary

@Christiaan__H The bot always tries to find one that lasts at least 15 years, which usually means more than one orbit but not guaranteed!

@ThreeBodyBot Do you select the ones that last more than like, one orbital event? Or are those just so rare I haven’t seen them yet, because this one was SO CLOSE!!

Initial conditions: m1=26.8 m2=26.8 m3=74.3 (solar masses) v1x=-6.96 v1y=3.677 v2x=6.293 v2y=-4.188 v3x=-5.354 v3y=-0.065 (km/s) x1=-22.0 y1=4.0 x2=-21.0 y2=22.0 x3=24.0 y3=35.0 (AU from center) Music: The Shape of Things To Come (BSG) – McCreary

Initial conditions: m1=52.9 m2=4.5 m3=16.6 (solar masses) v1x=-3.828 v1y=5.683 v2x=1.521 v2y=6.904 v3x=-0.023 v3y=0.214 (km/s) x1=-25.0 y1=-18.0 x2=16.0 y2=-11.0 x3=-23.0 y3=28.0 (AU from center) Music: Gymnopédie No. 1 – Satie

Initial conditions: m1=7.7 m2=42.0 m3=54.0 (solar masses) v1x=1.795 v1y=-0.858 v2x=2.197 v2y=2.74 v3x=-6.859 v3y=3.973 (km/s) x1=34.0 y1=1.0 x2=-2.0 y2=20.0 x3=25.0 y3=-21.0 (AU from center) Music: Memories of Green – Vangelis

Initial conditions: m1=50.7 m2=76.8 m3=87.1 (solar masses) v1x=3.455 v1y=-2.365 v2x=1.633 v2y=5.329 v3x=0.072 v3y=-6.55 (km/s) x1=3.0 y1=-33.0 x2=16.0 y2=20.0 x3=-30.0 y3=29.0 (AU from center) Music: Moonlight Sonata (1st Mvmt) – Beethoven

You can find what should have been yesterday's post on the Mastodon/Tumblr instances of the bot (links in bio) if you want another!

Apologies for being absent the past few days -- Twitter finally revoked my free access to the v1.1 API (I was calling their bluff until now...) so had to update the bot to work with the (still free, for now) v2 API. This test means it worked and the posts should resume!

Initial conditions: m1=20.1 m2=13.6 m3=27.5 (solar masses) v1x=4.291 v1y=5.568 v2x=4.156 v2y=-2.313 v3x=1.516 v3y=-1.792 (km/s) x1=-14.0 y1=-4.0 x2=-35.0 y2=-33.0 x3=15.0 y3=-20.0 (AU from center) Music: Where is My Mind? – Pixies/Cyrin

Initial conditions: m1=53.7 m2=72.9 m3=9.0 (solar masses) v1x=6.173 v1y=-0.038 v2x=-2.816 v2y=0.337 v3x=6.621 v3y=-6.37 (km/s) x1=-29.0 y1=21.0 x2=-24.0 y2=-16.0 x3=-2.0 y3=-7.0 (AU from center) Music: Gymnopédie No. 1 – Satie