Science Sims @ CCNY

Two Body Orbits

astronomy simulation

Instructions: note the two elliptical orbits moving around the common center
Explanation: orbiting bodies orbit a barycenter

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two body orbit simulation
nbody gravity simulation

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Updated: November 4 , 2017