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How to estimate perturbations from other planets in Apsidal Precession
I am developing a fictional system which I want to calculate to as much detail as I can. Thus I have a question about astrophysics and astrophysical formulae.
I know that Apsidal Precession is ...
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Largest non-hot gas giants
Excluding 'fluffy' or 'puffy' gas giants that are 'inflated by heat from their stars, what is the maximum radius of a gas giant planet. I keep reading things like "...Jupiter is 'about' as big as ...
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Is it possible to know if a planet is located in the Habitable Zone knowing it's properties?
Is there an equation that can give me the possibile distance of the planet from his star knowing planet's temperature (or other datas)?
I found this method for calculating the Habitable Zone but it'...
