To get set up for Week 1:
You should create a github repository to submit your answers to the reading questions and solutions to the numerical exercises. You should make this a private repository and add andrewcumming as a collaborator
Install the python version of rebound and get the Week 1 starting notebook up and running:
Create a folder for your rebound projects
Set up a virtual environment with
python -m venv rebound-venvand activate it withsource rebound-venv/bin/activateThen
pip install rebound jupyter numpy matplotlib ipywidgets ipymplTry running the notebook and make sure it works. You should see an animation of a 2-body orbit.