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To: GeronL

As the mass of the third object the Jupiter size planet is negligible, the easiest way to understand the problem is to treat it as a two body problem, where you have the entire mass of the two suns centred at the barycenter, and the planet orbiting around both of them.

How do I know this? Both suns are on the same side, and very close to one another. In a figure 8, which is a restricted but possible solution, you’d see sunsets and sunrises on opposite sides of the sky, as the planet would pass between the stars.

http://faculty.ifmo.ru/butikov/ManyBody.pdf

Read this to get a better idea of the different ‘classes’ of possible orbits.


16 posted on 10/24/2010 9:31:25 PM PDT by BenKenobi
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To: BenKenobi

That’ll be another 20 dollars.


17 posted on 10/24/2010 9:32:42 PM PDT by BenKenobi
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To: BenKenobi

thanks


30 posted on 10/25/2010 5:29:21 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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