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I'm a junior in high school and was recently assigned an open ended project in my pre-calculus class to research how precalc (or the basic calculus we have started) can relate to the real world. I have a strong interest in astronomy and physics and therefore desire to look at modeling the wobble of stars due to the gravitational effects of an orbiting body. I was thinking this should be a sinusoidal function (showing the velocity of the star) and perhaps a rotated conic graph to show the path of the planet. Unfortunately, other than understanding the concepts (at least I think I do) I don't have much of a clue where to begin. I have been able to locate some graphs online which look useful but I was hoping for more help.
I still have a good amount of time left on this project so if I have taken on a challenge well beyond my capabilities it wouldn't be the end of the world. However, this is something which greatly interests me and hope I can get some help so I can learn more about it.
I still have a good amount of time left on this project so if I have taken on a challenge well beyond my capabilities it wouldn't be the end of the world. However, this is something which greatly interests me and hope I can get some help so I can learn more about it.