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by kaleidawave 923 days ago
Just seen this, was playing with complex Fourier series yesterday. Here < 100 LOC of python that calculates the coefficients and draws the circle animation https://gist.github.com/kaleidawave/bdaf8649e7917152b6cdd624...

Mind blowing that there might be a solar system out there with a collection of orbiting objects whose final object could have square orbit

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A square orbit would require infinite acceleration. Specifically, a dirac delta.
Approximate square.