[math-fun] Nice video NASA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNzSwlnQ2Q In case you didn’t see... it takes a lot of math to make this possible, and even more to explain what it is we are seeing. No, mercury isn’t riding a perfect ellipse. Elliptic functions do better to account for precession, but still, nature is messy. I like the music too, great! And no astronauts were harmed, much less involved, another plus. Enjoy —Brad
And in case you were born after 1986, Here’s a link to Appendix F: https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/Ap... “If we had this attitude during the war, we would have lost even more.” — Brad
On Nov 23, 2019, at 8:56 PM, Brad Klee <bradklee@gmail.com> wrote:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNzSwlnQ2Q
In case you didn’t see... it takes a lot of math to make this possible, and even more to explain what it is we are seeing.
No, mercury isn’t riding a perfect ellipse. Elliptic functions do better to account for precession, but still, nature is messy.
I like the music too, great! And no astronauts were harmed, much less involved, another plus.
Enjoy —Brad
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