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That sounds a bit like starting with a smoothie and running the blender in reverse until the starberries put themselves back together. The n-body problem is cha
by slavik81 8y ago
That sounds a bit like starting with a smoothie and running the blender in reverse until the starberries put themselves back together. The n-body problem is chaotic and 4.5By is a long time. It's incredible.
edit: The actual paper is very readable and very interesting. Props to the NYT for linking it.
- richmarr 8y agoIt's more like putting berries into the blender and running it to see how often a berry hits you in the eye. They found that coplanar planets and coplanar debris statistically won't produce this specific type of (high inclination) orbit.