Two-Body-Problem with Changing Mass

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Hi,

I would like to ask you what happens when you change (gradually) a mass of one body in a classical two-body-problem.

May it lead to such results?

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Many thanks.

Flor
 

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It depends on how you change the mass. The mass cannot suddenly disappear, what happens with it?

The Sun has a constant mass stream away from it, for example, as result the orbits of the planets get slightly larger.
 

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