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Newton's three-body problem explained

Fabio Pacucci · TED

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About

In 2009, researchers ran a simple experiment. They took everything we know about our solar system and calculated where every planet would be up to 5 billion years in the future. They ran over 2,000 simulations, and the astonishing variety in results revealed that our solar system may be much less stable than it seems. Fabio Pacucci explores the n-body problem and the motion of gravitating objects. [Directed by Hype CG, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Gabriel Maia].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Fabio Pacucci
Year
2020
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy and space, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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