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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip
It states "The Sun's period around the barycenter and Uranus' period around the barycenter match." I don't understand what this means. Can anyone explain it?
The SSB plot when Jupiter is removed returns exactly to its origin after three loops, rather than producing a set of overlapping 'spirograph' cycles. Is this correct, and if so why?
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The simulation was done by Tony , also a forum-member , but reading through the link he states that after deleting the bigger planets as Jupiter , Saturn and Neptune , the barycenter of the rest of the system is mainly dictated by the sun and Uranus due to the Mass*Distance relationship . The other smaller planets (Mercury,Vneus, Earth, Mars , Pluto) contribution to the barycenter position is small . So the path of the sun around the barycenter is mainly given by Uranus .
The loops after removing Jupiter are continuiing I think . The graph was stopped after a certain amount of time , giving the nice picture . While there is not a close resonance between the Saturn/Neptune and Uranus orbit , continuing the simulation should give the spirograph cycle you mention .