Astronomical & Astrophysical Simulations 🌕⭐

Goals

• Simulate movement of celestial objects moving along elliptical orbits
• Illustrate Newton's universal law of gravitation & Kepler's laws
• Perform astronomical data analysis
• Run N-body simulations (REBOUND package)

Methodology

• Python3 (Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Pandas, Astropy, REBOUND)

Results

References:

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• Carroll, B. W., & Ostlie, D. A. (2017). An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Hintz, G.R. (2022). Orbital mechanics and astrodynamics : techniques and tools for space missions. Springer.
• Fukushima, T. (2025). Position and motion of celestial bodies. Springer Nature Singapore.
• Bannikova, E., & Capaccioli, M. (2022). Foundations of Celestial Mechanics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer.
• Schmidt, W., & Völschow, M. (2021). Numerical Python in astronomy and astrophysics: a practical guide to astrophysical problem solving (1st Edition 2021). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70347-9
• Hanslmeier, A. (2023). Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics (Fourth edition). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64637-3