Orbitronomy: Simplifying Orbital Mechanics Visualization in Python
<p>Orbital mechanics is like figuring out how planets and moons play tag in space. Imagine you’re on a merry-go-round (a revolving machine with model horses or other animals on which people ride for amusement); when it spins, you feel like you’re being pushed outwards, right? But at the same time, the bars which you hold on to, keep you from flying away. Now in space, planets and moons are just like that. They want to escape straight into space! But the Sun or their planet pulls them like a big magnet, so instead, they go round and round in circles or ovals.</p>
<p>“When I close my eyes, I see the planets as pirouetting dancers in a cosmic ballet, choreographed by the forces of gravity.” — My, and everyone’s favorite personal astrophysicist (obviously): Neil deGrasse Tyson</p>
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