Equal-mass Coulomb circular orbit
ID: equal-mass-coulomb-circular-orbit
For two particles of equal mass and opposite charges separated by , the centre of mass lies halfway between them. In a nonradiating classical model, each radius is and . Hence and . Equivalently, relative motion has reduced mass . Radiation and quantum binding invalidate an indefinitely stable classical orbit for actual microscopic charges.
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