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Post  taixyz1992 Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:38 am

In classical mechanics, the two-body problem is to determine the motion of two point particles that interact only with each other. Common examples include a satellite orbiting a planet, a planet orbiting a star, two stars orbiting each other (a binary star), and a classical electron orbiting an atomic nucleus (although to solve this system correctly a quantum mechanical approach must be used).

The two-body problem can be re-formulated as two independent one-body problems, a trivial one and one that involves solving for the motion of one particle in an external potential. Since many one-body problems can be solved exactly, the corresponding two-body problem can also be solved. By contrast, the three-body problem (and, more generally, the n-body problem for n ≥ 3) cannot be solved, except in special cases.

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Post  kemchua Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:14 am

This article is about a special case of the two-body problem in classical mechanics. For the problem of finding the densest packing of spheres in three-dimensional Euclidean space, see Kepler conjecture.

In classical mechanics, Kepler’s problem is a special case of the two-body problem, in which the two bodies interact by a central force F that varies in strength as the inverse square of the distance r between them. The force may be either attractive or repulsive. The "problem" to be solved is to find the position or speed of the two bodies over time given their masses and initial positions and velocities. Using classical mechanics, the solution can be expressed as a Kepler orbit using six orbital elements.

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