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Re:ESA – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: Live Launch by hermitcrab on Thursday April 13, 2023 @04:57AM (#35552772)
I believe orbits are chaotic over a timespan of many millions of years (due to weak interactions with multiple other bodies), but accurately predictable over a human lifespan.
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Re:ESA – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: Live Launch by euroderf on Sunday April 16, 2023 @03:21AM (#35587985)
I just wonder whether they can say that, on date&time X1 (98% sure to be accurate within E1 hours) we know satellite Z will be X2 thousands of km away (98% sure to be accurate within E2 km).
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