Modern sci-fi shows love to display astounding space vistas packed with multiple closely orbiting moons and planets all as giant disks in the sky. In just about every single case, this would lead to massive catastrophe and total death, because of the 3-body problem.
My Gravitational Pet Peeve That Ruins Most Sci-Fi
My Gravitational Pet Peeve That Ruins Most…
My Gravitational Pet Peeve That Ruins Most Sci-Fi
Modern sci-fi shows love to display astounding space vistas packed with multiple closely orbiting moons and planets all as giant disks in the sky. In just about every single case, this would lead to massive catastrophe and total death, because of the 3-body problem.