A system of double stars under the action of their matual gravitational attraction describes circular orbits around
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A system of double stars under the action of their matual gravitational attraction describes circular orbits around each other with a time period T. If suddenly they are deprived of their velocities show that they will collide after a time interval of T/4sqrt2
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics
ISBN: 978-0073212227
8th Edition
Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell
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