The epicycle model

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  • Rafael Cubarsi
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Las soluciones de las ecuaciones del movimiento para una part́ıcula de masa puntual bajo un campo de fuerzas conservativo estan generalmente ligadas a un conjunto básico de integrales del movimiento, que dependen del conocimiento que se tiene de la función potencial y de las simetŕıas y propiedades espaciales y temporales satisfechas por el sistema dinámico. La aproximación epićıclica es un caso particular de integración de las ecuaciones del movimiento bajo un conjunto mı́nimo de hipótesis, como son plano de simetŕıa y simetŕıa axial, que permite obtener soluciones para órbitas casi circulares en el espacio tridimensional. Bajo esta proximación, cualquier órbita proyectada sobre el plano de simetŕıa describe una elipse con origen en un centro gúıa o epicentro, en movimiento circular uniforme alrededor del centro del sistema. La aproximación es fácil de modelar y permite visualizar la contribución de varios parámetros a la forma de las órbitas, siendo un excelente ejemplo de cómo la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de las ciencias pueden beneficiarse de la modelización matemática. The solutions of the equations of motion for a point mass particle under a conservative force field are generally constrained by a basic set of integrals of motion, which depend on the knowledge about the potential function and on time and space properties and symmetries satisfied by the dynamical system. The epicycle approximation is a particular case of integration of the equations of motion under a minimum set of hypotheses, such as symmetry plane and axial symmetry, allowing to obtain solutions for nearly circular orbits in the three dimensional space. Under this approach, any orbit projected onto the symmetry plane describes an ellipse with origin at a guiding centre or epicentre, which moves uniformly in a circular orbit around the centre of the system. The approach is easy to model and allows to visualise the contribution of several parameters to the shape of the orbits, being an excellent example of how education and learning of science can take profit of mathematical modelling.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013