PSR J0337+1715Scientists Test Einstein’s Theory of Gravity on Unique Triple-Star System (It's already from 2018.)
This system is only a binary system in SpaceEngine. But it is actually a triple system.
I made a script for it.
// -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
// Filename: PSR_J0337+1715_Sys.sc
// https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038104
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LogLevel 1
Remove "PSR J0337+1715 A" {ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715"}
Remove "PSR J0337+1715 B" {ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715"}
Barycenter "PSR J0337+1715 AB"
{
ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715"
MassSol 1.63531
Orbit
{
Period 0.89600148
SemiMajorAxis 0.24 // Calculated by SpaceEngine
ArgOfPericenter 95.732
Eccentricity 0.03561955
Inclination 39.2
AscendingNode -44
MeanAnomaly 0
}
}
Star "PSR J0337+1715 A"
{
ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715 AB"
Class "Q"
MassSol 1.4378
RotationPeriod 0.000000759052398
Age 2.45
Orbit
{
Period 0.00446411
SemiMajorAxis 0.00385785 // Calculated by SpaceEngine
ArgOfPericenter 97.6182
Eccentricity 0.00069178
Inclination 39.2
AscendingNode -44
MeanAnomaly 0
}
}
Star "PSR J0337+1715 B"
{
ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715 AB"
Class "DB"
MassSol 0.19751
Orbit
{
Period 0.00446411
SemiMajorAxis 0.02808372 // Calculated by SpaceEngine
ArgOfPericenter 277.6182
Eccentricity 0.00069178
Inclination 39.2
AscendingNode -44
MeanAnomaly 0
}
}
Star "PSR J0337+1715 C"
{
ParentBody "PSR J0337+1715"
Class "DB"
MassSol 0.4101
Orbit
{
Period 0.89600148
SemiMajorAxis 0.94 // Calculated by SpaceEngine
ArgOfPericenter 275.732
Eccentricity 0.035290
Inclination 39.2
AscendingNode -44
MeanAnomaly 0
}
}
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(Put this file in 'addons\catalogs\planets'.)