A new study under the direction of Professor Barak Kol of the Hebrew University's Racah Institute of Physics establishes a novel method for comprehending the dynamics of non-hierarchical three-body systems.
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
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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 mathematicians for over three centuries.
Their attempts have led to the discovery of several important fields of science; yet its solution remained a mystery.
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