Post by The Astronomer on Jun 24, 2018 14:28:19 GMT
So earlier I was working on the Kepler-47 system, a star system with a pair of close binary stars and at least two circumbinary planets. When I added the second star, I noticed that its orbital period is longer than what it is supposed to be, so I decided to run a few calculations.
Turns out, the formula for a celestial body's orbital period used in CDE does not take in account the secondary object's mass. Normally, in systems where the parent object is much more massive than the secondary body (for example, Sol-[insert planet name here]) this effect would be negligible, but since I was working on a close binary star system, it became apparent.
I'd appreciate a lot if you take time to look into this issue. Thanks
Turns out, the formula for a celestial body's orbital period used in CDE does not take in account the secondary object's mass. Normally, in systems where the parent object is much more massive than the secondary body (for example, Sol-[insert planet name here]) this effect would be negligible, but since I was working on a close binary star system, it became apparent.
I'd appreciate a lot if you take time to look into this issue. Thanks
