Need help with calculating orbits

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Reiko
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Need help with calculating orbits

Post #1by Reiko » 24.02.2008, 05:32

I'm wanting to make the orbits of moons I put around fictional planets more realistic.
How does one go about calculating the orbital period of each moon based on the distance from the planet and it's mass?
Does it work the same way when you calculate planetary orbits around stars?
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Post #2by Chuft-Captain » 24.02.2008, 09:09

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hb ... tml#orbcon
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