#591213 planets: physics engine appears to have errors at small distances

Package:
planets
Source:
planets
Description:
Gravitation simulation of planetary bodies
Submitter:
Russell Coker
Date:
2010-08-01 06:36:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#591213#5
Date:
2010-08-01 06:34:50 UTC
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When a large planet has a small planet bouncing off it then periodically one of
the bounces will be unusually large and bounce it well away from the large
planet.

I guess that this is a problem where the accelleration is calculated based on
the gravitational force at a small distance and that force is considered to
apply for one time period even though the object would have bounced off before
the time period ended.