Let's say two identically sized stars were orbiting around each other with a certain rotational period.
If there's a satellite (planet) orbiting around one of the stars, how would it's orbital period be affected and be calculated?
I know a lot of variable needs to be defined, such as mass of the star, mass of the satellite, etc.
I want to know if anyone knows an equation to calculate such a system.
Anyone out there clever enough?
I'm not.|||Generally, if the two stars are distant enough from one another, the planet will not be affected. Their orbits will continue in a way similar to our system of Sun, Jupiter, and Jupiter's Moons. Use the normal orbital velocity formula: Square root of GM/r.
G = gravitational constant, M = mass of central body, r = radius of orbit.
When the stars are in close proximity, the gravitational swings will eject the planet from the system.
If the two stars are orbiting very closely and the planet is orbiting BOTH stars, the system is unstable. The farther the planet is from the binary stars, the more stable the system and the more likely the planet will not be ejected.
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