A simple yet efficient gravitational simulator primarly used to simulate the gravitational interactions between three astronomical bodies.
The "Three-Body Problem" refers to a classic physics problem that deals with predicting the motion of three astronomical bodies under their gravitational influence. Unlike the two-body problem, which has a well-defined solution, the three-body problem is complex and often chaotic, making it difficult to predict the exact positions and velocities of the bodies.
The inherent unpredictability and instability of the three-body problem serves as a powerful analogy for various challenges in science but sometimes also politics. This open source program lets us visualize the astrophysics problem using the python programming language.