🪐 Gravitational Orbits

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📖 About This Experiment

Orbits are the result of the balance between gravitational attraction and orbital velocity. This simulation demonstrates Kepler's laws and Newton's law of universal gravitation.

📐 Key Formulas

F = G(Mm)/r²
v = √(GM/r) (circular)
T = 2π√(r³/GM)
v_escape = √(2GM/r)

🌍 Kepler's Laws

  • 1. Orbits are ellipses with the star at one focus
  • 2. Equal areas are swept in equal times
  • 3. T² ∝ r³
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