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Thank you K^2, this is very helpful. I am now looking forward to leave the office... I have some tests to do! :)

Ok D H, I came here with this question to make sure I was not missing any important physics property: I think I have got my answer now. As you sum it up very well, it leaves me three directions to search in, in which you can unfortunately not bring me anymore help! Many thanks again, to...

Sorry I forgot to give you an important element: what I have been observing in my simulator for now, is a Moon turning around the Sun in an apparently completely disconnected way from the earth: although is has started at the same point (or almost, since the Moon is really really close to the...

Thank you tiny-tim! Yes, I see that you are all suggesting the same, which I hadn't realized until now: the Moon is actually really orbiting around the Sun! Unfortunately it means lots of troubles for me to be able to recreate that!

Thank you for your answer D H. So if I understand you well, my results are correct and logical, I am only missing an appropriate start context or initial conditions (as K^2 suggest with his questions) . Is it a good conclusion to your answer? K^2, it wouldn't be relevant to give you the...

Hi, I am trying to create a program (3D simulator) that reproduces the Solar system's behaviour. In this idea, I am using Newton's first and second laws: F = G * m1 * m2 / ( r * r) a = F / m I already managed to create a stable system containing the Sun, Earth, Jupiter and other...