Weird Orbits - the three body problem

Since Newton got to grips with gravity 350 years ago, we have been able to understand and predict the motion of planets and asteroids in our solar system with astounding precision. However, this has all been achieved through brute-force calculation because Newton's equations only apply to situations where two objects are interacting with each other.

The "three body problem" is the fact that we do not have closed-form solutions to the motion of more than two objects at once.

However, there are some special cases of the three body problem where we have been able to find solutions, and they can lead to some very weird orbits.

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