lagrange point

Tags: space exploration : three body problem : lagrange point : celestial mechanics : satellite

In the last issue Lewis Dartnell explained how chaos on the brain is not only unavoidable but also beneficial. Now he tells us why the same is true for our solar system and sends us on a journey that has been travelled by comets and spacecraft.

Tags: space exploration : gravity : chaos : astronomy : dynamical system : calculus : physics : Newton : Euler : copernicus : 3-Body Problem : analysis : lagrange point : Manifold : centripetal force : Lagrange : Poincare : Interplanetary Superhighway

Has the precious cargo of the crashed Genesis mission survived to tell us about the origins of our solar system?

Tags: astronomy : three body problem : lagrange point