Obligatory XKCD [1]. Does anyone else find it fascinating how quickly things get complicated? As the article mentions, the three body problem is the classic ex

Obligatory XKCD [1]. Does anyone else find it fascinating how quickly things get complicated? As the article mentions, the three body problem is the classic example. For two bodies it's easy. Add just one more and there's now no general solution and you get a bunch of edge cases like Lagrange points. I too thought I understood the general principle of Lagrange points (including stability) but then JWST comes along and starts orbiting Earth's L2. [1]: https://xkcd.com/1356/ https://xkcd.com/1356/