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Orbital Decay Formula

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1964

Philip Carl Peters23 November 1964

Pasadena · Science / Physics

Peters derives how gravitational-wave emission reduces the size and eccentricity of a binary orbit, creating formulas later used to predict inspiral times for compact binaries.

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Philip Carl Peters

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