Abstract
The project began as a way to conclude whether or not two
stars would become binary and trace their predicted orbits. The
program itself grew even more to plot the orbits of those stars
that had irregular but possibly binary orbits. The results began
with the perfect orbit of the stars Capella C and Capella D.
From there I experimented with switching the velocities to
produce different predicted graphs. These graphs expressed all
the same information that was in the original, but the only
change was their starting directions. This goes to prove that
despite all the data being true, the graphs change magnanimously.
This causes one to wonder whether or not if a known star system
were to have met under different conditions would it still have
created the same or similar system as seen today.
Background
A binary star system is a system in which two stars of
similar or different properties orbit around a central point
together. Based on their mass, force of gravity, and velocity my
program will determine which of these pairs of stars will create
such a system or either collide or shoot away from one another.
Of the known or commonly viewed stars, about eighty percent
are members of multiple star systems. Most of these are binary
star systems. Stars in a 'wide' binary system orbit their common
center of mass but evolve independently. Meaning that neither
star affects the other's evolutionary process. These wide binary
stars provide the best means of measuring the masses of stars by
observing the size and period of the orbit and then applying the
theory of gravity.
Close binary systems are when the stars are so close to
each other that they can transfer matter back and forth, directly
affecting the ...
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such. This prompts further research into developing binary star
systems and their orbits. Another area to research would be
existing binary systems to test in the program, perhaps as
confirmation data or to view how the two stars could have began
their relationship.
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