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19 Jul 2024 21:27:52 EDT (-0400)
  Re: n-body system  
From: Jamie Davison
Date: 11 Mar 2002 14:42:16
Message: <MPG.16f719282f3d2146989af9@news.povray.org>
> I appreciate it could be difficult to do but it would be a good challenge.
> 
> You do not need to compare every particle with every other particle as most
> will be outside the gravitational field. I do not know the maths behind it
> but I do know that the gravitaitional field drops off the further you get
> from an object (thus making the math more difficult).

But it doesn't drop to zero IIRC...

Bye for now,
     Jamie.


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