Channel: The Science Asylum

Category: Education

Description: 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? Thanks to Phil Lynch for permission to use his Kerr black hole simulation: twitter.com/PhilipLynchGW ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Tunnel Through The Earth: youtu.be/F0zUOcZN6sI Solar System Model: youtu.be/iGV4y2W2SOE General Relativity Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOVL_fPox2K83_36YgnGisn4rxNvgq1iR ________________________________ RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS Dr Becky on Mercury: youtu.be/8Sm99OVG5A8 ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS Warden of the Asylum: [Available] Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: William Morton, Fabio Manzini Einsteinium Crazies: Wacky, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ken Davis, LT Marshall, Ilya Yashin Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean Platinum Crazies: Olga Cooperman, Rick Dinning, Kyle Bowles, Eugene Boone, Jon Adams, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Vittorio Monaco, Stephen Blinn, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Jonathan Reel, Volodymyr Shcherbatenko ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES arxiv.org/abs/1805.07980 shao.cas.cn/grefa/journalClub/201803/W020180315617343884386.pdf arxiv.org/abs/0802.0459 arxiv.org/abs/0706.0622 arxiv.org/abs/0904.4184 github.com/BlackHolePerturbationToolkit/KerrGeodesics ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS youtube.com/watch?v=LbJJFnf-NWM&lc=UgytY8YADrn0DfaoZut4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=LbJJFnf-NWM&lc=UgwY1PdEDw2YmGt-pwR4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=LbJJFnf-NWM&lc=Ugy6RLFmBwryXMSmpmp4AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Black Hole Simulation: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326 Early Solar System: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10659 Oumuamua Trajectory: youtu.be/H62WsztrGi0