When to Use Binary Star System 3D Explorer - Best Sessions and Limits
Open the Binary Star System 3D Explorer when you need a browser-only view of two published pairs orbiting a barycenter - Sirius A/B (50.13 years; Bond et al. 2017) or Alpha Centauri A/B (79.76 years) - without telescope ephemerides or a triple-star model.
A five-minute classroom demo
A five-minute classroom demo starts when you open Binary Star System 3D Explorer, choose Sirius A/B, press Play orbit, and click the yellow barycenter so students see the heavier star sit closer to the shared center of mass. Switch to Alpha Centauri A/B and read the 11.2 AU to 35.6 AU separation swing in the panel.
Mass ratio and eccentricity literacy
In Binary Star System 3D Explorer, Mass ratio and eccentricity literacy stay readable when you keep the facts panel open: Sirius masses 2.063 and 1.018 solar masses, eccentricities about 0.59 and about 0.52, and one readable orbit period about 28 s at 1x. The path is Keplerian eccentric-anomaly motion, not an n-body force integration.
Sessions Binary Star System 3D Explorer does not fit
Sessions Binary Star System 3D Explorer does not fit are professional ephemerides, Proxima Centauri as a third body, or telescope-true angular separations and epochs. Walk the controls in the Binary Star System 3D Explorer step-by-step guide, or compare options in the Binary Star System 3D Explorer vs alternatives guide. For ellipse laws alone, open Kepler Orbits 3D Explorer.
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