New posts in Celestial Mechanics

What is $R$ in the formula for escape velocity?

If the 3-Body force problem hasn't been solved, how do rocket scientists plan orbits of spacecraft?

Can an atom orbit the Sun?

Minimal velocity to throw an object to the Sun

How could the precession of Mercury be known so accurately in the 19th century?

Why doesn't orbital body keep going faster and faster?

Can the Earth leave orbit if the population of humans and other live forms increases?

Do the planets really orbit the Sun?

"Falling upward" - how far you have to be from Earth to start falling to the Moon?

What is the origin of spin of celestial objects?