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1) The document discusses the collapse of an orbital system with zero angular momentum starting from rest at a distance a. It derives an equation for the time of collapse as π√(ma3)/8k, which is τ/4√2 if the masses were in a circular orbit of radius a. 2) It considers a modified Kepler potential of the form V(r) = -k/r + h/r2 and derives an expression for the precession speed of orbits in this potential. 3) It uses the period-semimajor axis relationship for Kepler orbits to estimate the mass ratio of the

Author

Sreetama Das

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EN