Can a Moon Orbit in a Square? Yes! #shorts

Moons can orbit in any shape you'd like, as long as you have enough of them. The more complex the shape, the more orbits you'll need to draw that shape. Fourier series are extremely powerful.
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#shorts #astronomy #Fourier

[calculon]

The three body problem: "Am I a joke to you?"

[darkwinter]

That’s no moon… that’s an advertisement!

[gunthegoldminer]

"ferb, I know what we're gonna do today"

[ivocanevo]

In an infinitely large universe, every logo exists as a moon advertisement.

Makes ya think hah

[...]

I didn't see the Fourier series coming and it hit me like a slap in the face, so many horrible memories

[seansyguy]

I have not heard "Moon Moon" in years. You just brought back weird memories

[DarkDay]

I lost my shit looking at all the orbit lines going "wheee" for the one on your logo 🤣

[twistedsim]

You need to make sure the moon actually orbit around the moon you want, so the radius/mass need to scale down pretty fast. Not sure if a square is still possible with those limitations

[MizantropMan]

"Written in the stars" takes a new meaning now.

[nicolabagnardi]

That's no moon...
THAT'S OUR SPONSOR FOR TODAY'S VIDEO, RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!

[cd]

No, this assumes each moon's orbit only depends on the gravitational influence of its parent moon

[CPep]

one of it best Fourier transform explanation i have seen on a while

[Lord_ahmed]

I smelled Fourier transformation before reading coment

[sidewinded]

Immediately thought of Fourier the second I heard the question. Good stuff man!

[Zeusz]

I would be interested in an actual gravitational simulation of this because I seriously doubt that with this many massive object orbiting they can so nicely orbit in circle around each other. But yeah cool piece of math.

[kreuner]

"Can we make a moon orbit in a square?"
Me: Fourier transform!!!!

Practically though, these orbits would probably start interfering with eachother and probably eventually fall into a less chaotic equilibrium

[BenKrisfield]

Takes me back to my Spirograph days in the 70’s.

[MrRelic]

Imagine studying orbits in another galaxy and it says "We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty"

[TheOblomoff]

Thank you for demonstrating the 'sharp' corners, and insane trajectories in the end.

[headrockbeats]

That last line killed me!

And I'm betting the answer is YES. YES THEY WOULD.