The Three-body problem

Notebooks:

Three Body Problem Notebook: [Evaluated (8.6 Mb)], [Partially Evaluated (1.3 Mb)], [Nothing Evaluated (.17 Mb)] - a notebook exploring and solving three body problem

N-body Template - a template you can use to make your own many body simulations

Planetary Simulation Notebook - simulation 3 planets orbiting a massive central object

Animations:

Animation 1

Animation 2

Animation 3

Some Three-Body Links:

The Three-body problem and the stability of the solar system

Three-Body Instability and New Computational Methods

 

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