Jupiter! The Three Body Problem

Most of the discussions below refer to "Presets": to set the parameters up to work on them, select the corresponding entry in the preset menu.

• Description of the Problem.
  • Quantum Three Body Problem
• Jupiter, Earth, and Sun
  • The Ice Ages
• Why hasn't the Earth left the Solar System?
• Invariant Tori
  • Adiabatic Invariants
  • Adiabatic Commands
• Chaos!
• Lagrange Points
• Poincaré Section for the L5 Point
• Questions for Further Research

How to Get Jupiter

• About "Jupiter!" and the SSS project
• The animation window
• General help for SSS programs
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Sliders

James P. Sethna, sethna@lassp.cornell.edu.

Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity, now available at Oxford University Press (USA, Europe).