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GR Classical Program
written by
Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox
educational validator: Bethany Zach
The GR Classical program simulates orbits of objects around a central mass using Newtonian mechanics. It also displays a plot of the effective potential well in which the orbiting particle resides. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the gr_classical.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
GR Classical is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of General Relativity. Other programs provide additional visualizations. They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or General Relativity. Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java. 
2 supplemental documents are available
GR Classical Program DocumentationA pdf document that briefly describes the GR Classical program. It describes how to use the gr_classical.jar file and contains short tutorial exercises and for use with the gr_classical.jar file. download 73kb .pdf Published: April 30, 2008 previous versions 
GR Classical Program DistributionThe materials distributed in this zip file are in support of the GR Classical program. This distribution contains the GR Classical program, documentation and exercises. download 602kb .zip Published: April 30, 2008 previous versions
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6961">Christian, W, M. Belloni, and A. Cox. "GR Classical Program."</a>
AIP Format
W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox, Computer Program GR CLASSICAL PROGRAM (2008), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329).
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, and A. Cox, Computer Program GR CLASSICAL PROGRAM (2008), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329>.
APA Format
Christian, W., Belloni, M., & Cox, A. (2008). GR Classical Program [Computer software]. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329
Chicago Format
Christian, W, M. Belloni, and A. Cox. "GR Classical Program." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329 (accessed 17 March 2025).
MLA Format
Christian, Wolfgang, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox. GR Classical Program. Computer software. 2008. Java 1.5. 17 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329>.
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@misc{
Author = "Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni and Anne Cox",
Title = {GR Classical Program},
Month = {April},
Year = {2008}
}
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%A Wolfgang Christian %A Mario Belloni %A Anne Cox %T GR Classical Program %D April 30, 2008 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329 %O application/java
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%0 Computer Program %A Christian, Wolfgang %A Belloni, Mario %A Cox, Anne %D April 30, 2008 %T GR Classical Program %8 April 30, 2008 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=6961&DocID=329 Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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