Star - planet - satellite system animation

Version 4.1.1 (1.92 KB) by Nicolas Douillet
A function to create an animation to model the orbitography and the gravitational field of a star - planet - satellite system.
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Updated 23 Jul 2024
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For pedagogic / scientific diffusion purpose (gravity shape spacetime).
F5 in Star_planet_satellite_animation.m or Star_planet_satellite_animation in console to run the main program and create the animation file named 'Star_planet_satellite_system.gif' that will appear in the same directory as you registered this .m file.
Parameters -like the ones for the display- may be tuned in the file header.
For instance set sat_path_on / planet_path_on to false/true to disable/enable the satellite/planet path.
To benefit from the file documentation attached, be sure to download all the files.
Please don't forget to rate this code if it helped you. Thanks ;-)

Cite As

Nicolas Douillet (2026). Star - planet - satellite system animation (https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/star_planet_satellite_animation/releases/tag/v4.1.1), GitHub. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2019b
Compatible with any release
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Version Published Release Notes
4.1.1

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4.1

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4.0

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3.0

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2.1

See release notes for this release on GitHub: https://github.com/NicolasDouillet/star_planet_satellite_animation/releases/tag/v2.1
2.0

+ planet elliptic path option (a,b) = semi major / minor axes
1.3

All functions in one file only. + comments, + option
1.2

Nb periods update, typo
1.1

Cover img
1.0.0

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