| Thread Closed |
Inverse-Cube Gravity |
Share Thread | Thread Tools |
| Nov13-05, 01:38 PM | #1 |
|
|
Inverse-Cube Gravity
What would happen if gravity obeyed an inverse cube law instead of an inverse square one? With regards to the 2-body problem, would angular momentum still be conserved, or does that tangential acceleration term in polar coordinates not drop out? I'm already thinking a 2-body system like this would inherently be unstable, but whether the instability is from angular momentum not being conserved or it is just inherently unstable such as the 3-body problem I am not sure about. Any thoughts?
|
| Thread Closed |
| Thread Tools | |
Similar Threads for: Inverse-Cube Gravity
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | Replies | ||
| Small cube/large cube sliding problem with friction... please help quickly :/ | Introductory Physics Homework | 11 | ||
| 2-Body inverse cube problem | Introductory Physics Homework | 0 | ||
| A little inverse help cube root | Introductory Physics Homework | 11 | ||
| Particle moving in an inverse-cube force field? | Classical Physics | 9 | ||
| Particle moving in an inverse-cube force field? | Classical Physics | 2 | ||