On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Newton's law F = -Gm₁m₂/r² > > Better seen in its normal math form: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_law_of_universal_gravitation#Modern_form > > De-abbreviated > > Force is given by the negative of the universal_gravitational_constant times > the mass_of_first_body times mass_of_second_body divided by the square of the > distance_between_the_bodies > > Cobol anyone? > > Ok with typical python naming > > Force = (universal_gravitational_constant * mass_of_first_body * > mass_of_second_body) / > (distance_between_the_bodies*distance_between_the_bodies)
That's still excessive by any reasonable standards. Names should be descriptive, but no more verbose than necessary. How about: force_N = -G * mass1_kg * mass2_kg / distance_m ** 2 I'm fine with "G" as is because it's the standard name for the value in physics contexts, and it's presumably defined in the code as a constant. It's every bit as clear as "pi". -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
