The inverse square root law is very different from intermolecular interaction. I do not see why the equipartition should be close enough to actual behaviour if

The inverse square root law is very different from intermolecular interaction. I do not see why the equipartition should be close enough to actual behaviour if the interactions are so much different. I am not sure how the shape of hyperbolic trajectories is of relevance for equipartition, since most of the stars in the cluster do not have such trajectories else it would disintegrate before it could achieve any sort of dynamical equilibrium.