two_body_simulation_test

two_body_simulation_test, a MATLAB program which calls two_body_simulation() to simulate the solution of the planar two body problem.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Related Data and Programs:

two_body_simulation, a MATLAB program which simulates the behavior of two bodies, constrained to lie in a plane, moving under the influence of gravity, with one body much more massive than the other.

Source Code:

• two_body_simulation_test.m, calls all the tests.
• two_body_simulation_test.sh, runs all the tests.
• two_body_simulation_test.txt, the output file.

INITIAL_ORBIT simulates the problem over approximately two orbits.

• initial_orbit.m, the source code.
• initial_orbit.png, an image of the trajectory.

ORBITAL_DECAY computes about twenty successive orbits, showing how the orbit gradually decays to a more elliptical form.

• orbital_decay.m, the source code.
• orbital_decay.png, an image of the trajectory.