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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (5 children)

the three body problem though.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    The limit that the 3 body problem presents is that there is no exact solution, and inexact solutions will eventually desynchronize so much as to become worthless for predictions. But the key word is 'eventually' - if your initial measurements are good, there could be years (and in the case of the planets of the solar system, millions of years) worth of useful predictions.

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