Two gravitationally bound stars with unequal masses m1 and m2, separated by a distance d, revolve about

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Two gravitationally bound stars with unequal masses m1 and m2, separated by a distance d, revolve about their center of mass in circular orbits. Show that the period r is proportional to d3/2 (Kepler’s Third Law) and find the proportionality constant.
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Physics

ISBN: 978-0077339685

2nd edition

Authors: Alan Giambattista, Betty Richardson, Robert Richardson

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