Complexity Explorer Santa Few Institute

Nonlinear Dynamics: Mathematical and Computational Approaches (Spring 2019)

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10.3 Classical mechanics » Quiz

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Question 1

All satellites in the solar system -- and elsewhere in the universe -- have tumbled chaotically at some point in their existence (except those that are perfectly spherical and on perfectly circular orbits).

Question 2

Two-body systems cannot be chaotic.

Question 3

The following are examples of chaos in the solar system: