Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy) Rotational Brownian motion (astronomy) In astronomy, rotational Brownian motion is the random walk in orientation of a binary star's orbital plane, induced by gravitational perturbations from passing stars. Consider a binary that consists of two massive objects (stars, black holes etc.) and that is embedded in a stellar system containing a large number of stars. Let formula_1 and formula_2 be the masses of the two components of the binary whose total mass is formula_3. A field star that approaches the binary with impact parameter formula_4 and velocity formula_5 passes a distance formula_6 from the binary, where formula_7 the latter expression
Brownian Motion Ultimate proving that Brownian Motion could compete with the best teams in the country. It was also at this time that Brownian Motion re-constituted its "B" team, nicknamed Polyester Funkadelic or P-Funk. The success of 1998 continued as Brown lost only one other game on its way to its first National's berth ever in the Spring season. At Nationals, Brown went 3-3, losing to the eventual champions UC Santa Barbara and Stanford. However, Brown also beat the third ranked Carleton College 13-12. Brown left nationals as one of the top ranked college programs in the nation. These years also gave the