[edit] Animations

Images are representative (made by hand), not simulated.

Orbit1.gif
Two bodies of similar mass orbiting a common barycenter. (similar to the 90 Antiope system)
Orbit2.gif
Two bodies with a difference in mass orbiting a common barycenter, as in the PlutoCharon system.
Orbit3.gif
Two bodies with a major difference in mass orbiting a common barycenter (similar to the EarthMoon system)
Orbit4.gif
Two bodies with an extreme difference in mass orbiting a common barycenter (similar to the SunEarth system)
Orbit5.gif
Two bodies with similar mass orbiting a common barycenter with elliptic orbits (a common situation for binary stars)