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How to calculate orbital velocity of binary star?
I am trying to simulate the Alpha Centauri AB System. I built the simulation, it works flawlessly when trying to simulate our solar system, and I am now trying to simulate the AB System. I found all ...
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How to distinguish primary hosts (stars) and orbiting satellites (planets) and tertiary bodies (moons) by their mass and trajectory?
Suppose one has run a gravitational simulation of N bodies (has the mass, vector positions, vector velocities, etc for each body), but knows nothing a priori about ...
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2-body orbits expanding in nbody simulation?
Recently, I designed an n-body engine and tested it with a binary star system. After a minute of running, the orbit began noticeably expanding:
Why is it happening, and is this natural? The source ...
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What is a possible software for simulating binary star systems?
I would like to define both initial velocities and masses of components so that orbits may be either elliptical of hyperbolic. Is there any software to make such simulation?
Unfortunately, Binary ...
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