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Thread #168288   Message #4066169
Posted By: Jack Campin
27-Jul-20 - 04:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why Newton was wrong - slightly
Subject: RE: BS: Why Newton was wrong - slightly
The stability of the solar system seems to have been solved, for the next billion years anyway.

https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/336/2/483/1158666

I seem to remember Poincaré had a go at the problem analytically and failed. The last few attempts have been by numerical simulation. It looks like the butterfly effect was overrated.