Numerical model of the Solar System: Difference between revisions

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The next file contains contains the information for a simplified solarSolar system.

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The file is in the form of:

[Number of solarSolar system entities]

[Name of solarSolar system entity 1]

[Mass in mTerran]

[Initial Radius from center, in AU] [Initial Theta, in degrees] [Initial Phi, in degrees]

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The time info in the first file, and the solar system info in the second file, may be modified.

This article is intended to explain the [[physical theory]] that is required to numerically [[simulate]] solarSolar system [[dynamics]] using [[Newton's Law of Gravitation]], and [[Newton's Second Law of Motion]], and to provide a simple code that serves as an example of how the [[theory]] may be coded. No attempt has been made here to graphically [[display]] or [[animate]] the [[motion]] of the solarSolar system entities.

Users may wish to develop more elaborate codes that will do this. They may wish to use the code provided here as the 'physics engine' in such a code.