Comment by dgfl
16 hours ago
Yes, this is a fair point. I agree that orbital mechanics is trivially easy compared to everything else. The chances of a math mistake in particular are null, these trajectories have all been calculated years in advance.
16 hours ago
Yes, this is a fair point. I agree that orbital mechanics is trivially easy compared to everything else. The chances of a math mistake in particular are null, these trajectories have all been calculated years in advance.
The lumpiness of the moon's gravity is not well mapped out.
It is now better mapped after the GRAIL mission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Recovery_and_Interior_...