Hi Steven, Look at this: http://www.fourmilab.ch/gravitation/orbits/
the result is very similar to your simulations. mic 2012/8/10 MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net>: > Hey Steven, the website is looking very nice; and enjoyed perusing your > artwork… > > So that’s what happened to Kinkade!! And when I come back for another round > on this physical plain, I want to get a speeding ticket on the galactic > highway! Most talented you be… > > > > Oh, some of the orbital forms sure seem strange and totally unexpected… > we’re so used to seeing boring mostly circular orbits that it would be > fascinating to see one like your simulations… are you aware of any (from > astronomers papers) that might be very non-circular? > > > > -mark > > > > From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:orionwo...@charter.net] > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 7:01 PM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: RE: [Vo]:Noble Gas Plasma Engine: inside piccy > > > >> Would you mind giving us a short preview of the higher > >> power effects you simulated. I did a similar thing once > >> and all I recall is that the second order drop with distance > >> was the only one that was stable in orbits. My simulation > >> was a bit crude at the time so I am asking you for your > >> observations. Thanks. > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Against my better judgment I have decided to give a small preview. > > > > Check out: > > > > http://test.orionworks.com/ > > > > As you might have guessed this is one of the sub-domain locations where I'm > in the midst of performing a major overhaul of my entire web site. THIS > LOCATION IS A TEST SITE! EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Lots of links > here don't work, or work incorrectly. Things here are constantly subject to > change without notice as I experiment & fiddle about with this and that > feature. Here today… gone tomorrow. > > > > The celestial mechanics animation is a multi-framed gif file. > > > > I chose using an animated GIF file in this situation over flash because > flash is not supported on Apple's IPad platform... at least not officially. > It's a shame. > > > > I believe this particular animation involved three factors: a positive force > 1/r (NOT 1/r^2) a negative/repulsive 1/r^3 force and an external constant > force that was gradually built up over a series of animations. It was the > external force that changed over the entire simulation run. Everything else > remained a constant, so to speak. The external force is gradually building > up from the bottom of the picture. As the force builds upward it gradually > forces the orbiting satellite to gyrate (wiggle and dance!) upwards. > Eventually it pops out of the picture! What astonished me as I ran these > simulations were the number of unexpected bifurcations that would suddenly > manifest when I least expected it. Many, MANY of my simulations exhibited an > astonishing number of unexpected bifurcations. > > > > I have generated many other simulations that produce far more interesting > effects, and beauty. Hopefully before the end of the year I’ll have a few > additional things out there… We’ll see how it goes. > > > > Regards > > Steven Vincent Johnson > > www.OrionWorks.com > > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
