Numerical model of the Solar System: Difference between revisions

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To allow for an excessively rapid change of the acceleration when a particular body is close to the reference body, it is customary to introduce a small softness parameter ''e'' so that

<math>a = \frac{G M}{r^2 + e}</math>

A time step of 10 days creates a stable solar system model when using Velocity Verlet.

==Complications==