Egg-Shaped Orbits of Non-Uniform Oscillators
Egg-Shaped Orbits of Non-Uniform Oscillators
A simple non-uniform oscillator follows the differential equation =1-acos(θ) (the blue curve). In an imaginary solar system where the planets follow this law of motion, but where angular momentum is conserved, planetary orbits would be egg-shaped (the red curve), with the parameter taking a role akin to the orbit eccentricity.
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