Author: Mykhailo MorozWhen thinking about renders of things like warp drives and black holes we usually just expect to see a simple approximation or an artist rendition, assuming the math required to pull off something accurate would require someone with at least a PhD in...
Insights for a complementary explanation of Lagrange points from inertial reference framesAuthor: FastFourierTransform Original post on the forum: linkI want to try to address this. As Watsisname said; establishing a non-inertial co-rotating frame of reference has many advantages in terms of understanding the actual situation but...
Gravitational balance and stable configurations in rotating reference framesAuthor: Watsisname Original post on the forum: linkIntroductionWhen two masses move in a circular orbit about each other, five points of gravitational equilibrium are generated, which move along with them. A particle placed at one of these points will have...
Author: Watsisname Original post on the forum: linkBackgroundOften in discussions of Mercury's perihelion advance, the effect is shown greatly exaggerated. Sometimes even the orbit is shown much more eccentric than it really is. Before we dive in, let's take a moment to get some perspective on...