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Why in binary star system the 2 bodies revolve around their center of mass?
Can you prove it mathematically?
Is it just an observation?
I know the force between them is $\frac{Gm_1m_2}{r^2}$.
Centripetal force on any one of them is $\frac{mv^2}{r_1}$, where $r_1$ is radius of ...
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Minimal value of angular momentum in a close binary
I just noticed something interesting with the angular momentum of a close stellar binary. This question is somewhat related to another question of mine, but the question here is clearly different :
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Conservation of spin angular momentum in a close binary system
Consider a simple model of a close stellar binary, of mass $m_1$ and $m_2 < m_1$, moving on circular orbits around the system's barycenter (no eccentricity, to simplify things). Both star's ...
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