ShapeShifter
SOC-13
I'd like to make physics calcs so that I can answer some questions about orbiting bodies.
Given the mass (and size) of the main body, the mass (and size) of the smaller, secondary body and the distance between the two, what would the orbital period be? For example, at what speeds do Saturn's or Jupiter's satellites orbit their respective parent planet?
Is there a relatively neat equation that explains this phenomenon, without taxing my remaining braincells?
(I am a professional Linguist, and thus the hard sciences of Astrophysics, Astronomy, etc. are outside of my word-based wheelhouse, so apologies for my awkward way of putting things.)
Given the mass (and size) of the main body, the mass (and size) of the smaller, secondary body and the distance between the two, what would the orbital period be? For example, at what speeds do Saturn's or Jupiter's satellites orbit their respective parent planet?
Is there a relatively neat equation that explains this phenomenon, without taxing my remaining braincells?
(I am a professional Linguist, and thus the hard sciences of Astrophysics, Astronomy, etc. are outside of my word-based wheelhouse, so apologies for my awkward way of putting things.)