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Improved Animation of ISS Orbit in Python

Physics and Python stuff. Most of the videos here are either adapted from class lectures or solving physics problems. I really like to use numerical calculations without all the fancy programming ...
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'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for a close but non-threatening brush with Earth on Friday, April 13 ...
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Where are all the 'hot Neptune' exoplanets? Orbital chaos may have booted them out

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...
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7 Discovered Planet System's Orbits Turned Into Sound

The orbits of a seven-planet system discovered in Kepler Space Telescope data has been sonified. Credit: Bishop’s University / Jason Rowe / NASA Ames Research Center ...

The Moon is Gradually Moving Away from Earth: Possible Future Scenarios

(Related reading: The impacts that gave us the Moon may explain why Earth has life today) ...

The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases the size of the Moon’s orbit. This means that the Moon gets slightly farther ...