Category "orbital-mechanics"

Calculate eccentricity vector of planetary ring particles

I wish to set-up an initially circular (e=0) system of planetary rings which I can later perturb over time and see how the eccentricity changes. However, my cal

3D 3-body motion simulation

I am trying to use the velocity Verlet to simulate the 3-body problem. I am 95% sure that I gravitational force formula and the velocity Verlet algorithm is cor