Novel Theory Addresses Problem Predicting Three Orbiting Bodies in Space
Novel Theory Addresses Problem Predicting Three Orbiting Bodies in Space April 13th 2021, 12:09 pm Newton first became interested in the problem of predicting the motion of three bodies moving in space under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction Image Credit: Share Email The ‘three-body problem,’ the term coined for predicting the motion of three gravitating bodies in space, is essential for understanding a variety of astrophysical processes as well as a large class of mechanical problems, and has occupied some of the world’s best physicists, astronomers and mathematici...