Definition
The effective potential is defined in the following way:
- L is the angular momentum
- r is the distance between the two masses
- m is the mass of the orbiting body
- U(r) is the general form of the potential
The effective force, then, is the negative gradient of the effective potential:
Where denotes a unit vector in the radial direction.
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