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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)

the three body problem though.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Artemis II did not contribute sufficient gravitational forces to be relevant.

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's only because yo mama wasn't on board

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days 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.