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Are Orbits like this even POSSIBLE?!

We like to imagine of gravitational orbits as the conic sections: circles, ellipses, etc. That's only for two-body problems though. Let's take a look at three-body problems (and beyond) using Newtonian mechanics as well as General Relativity. How weird can orbits actually get?

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  • Originally Aired May 31, 2020
  • Runtime 11 minutes
  • Production Code 2JZ9PORUR4A
  • Created July 20, 2020 by
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