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  2. Barycenter (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    m 1 and m 2 are the masses of the two bodies. The semi-major axis of the secondary's orbit, r 2, is given by r 2 = a − r 1. When the barycenter is located within the more massive body, that body will appear to "wobble" rather than to follow a discernible orbit.

  3. Two-body problem - Wikipedia

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    [2] Let x 1 and x 2 be the vector positions of the two bodies, and m 1 and m 2 be their masses. The goal is to determine the trajectories x 1 (t) and x 2 (t) for all times t, given the initial positions x 1 (t = 0) and x 2 (t = 0) and the initial velocities v 1 (t = 0) and v 2 (t = 0). When applied to the two masses, Newton's second law states that

  4. Barycentric coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A 3-simplex, with barycentric subdivisions of 1-faces (edges) 2-faces (triangles) and 3-faces (body). In geometry, a barycentric coordinate system is a coordinate system in which the location of a point is specified by reference to a simplex (a triangle for points in a plane, a tetrahedron for points in three-dimensional space, etc.).

  5. Center of mass - Wikipedia

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    The barycenter is the point between two objects where they balance each other; it is the center of mass where two or more celestial bodies orbit each other. When a moon orbits a planet , or a planet orbits a star , both bodies are actually orbiting a point that lies away from the center of the primary (larger) body. [ 25 ]

  6. Barycentric - Wikipedia

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    Barycenter or barycentre, the center of mass of two or more bodies that orbit each other; Barycentric coordinates, coordinates defined by the common center of mass of two or more bodies (see Barycenter) Barycentric Coordinate Time, a coordinate time standard in the Solar system; Barycentric Dynamical Time, a former time standard in the Solar System

  7. Orbital speed - Wikipedia

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    In gravitationally bound systems, the orbital speed of an astronomical body or object (e.g. planet, moon, artificial satellite, spacecraft, or star) is the speed at which it orbits around either the barycenter (the combined center of mass) or, if one body is much more massive than the other bodies of the system combined, its speed relative to the center of mass of the most massive body.

  8. List of centroids - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of centroids of various two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. The centroid of an object in -dimensional space is the intersection of all hyperplanes that divide into two parts of equal moment about the hyperplane.

  9. Talk:Barycenter (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    mass1 / mass2 * distance * .5 = barycenter distance = distance between the centers of the 2 objects mass1 = smaller of the 2 objects mass2 = larger of the 2 objects barycenter= ration of mass between the 2 objects * distance divided ny 2 it doesn't just just looks easier to understand than the formula presented. computers can run it faster ...