2024 events

Sat 30th
14:30-15:00
Starlight Room

The stability of the Solar system

Warwick Kissling

RASNZ

The stability of the Solar system is one of the 'classical' problems in Celestial mechanics.
In this talk I'll outline the historical development of the subject, after first explaining the
concepts of chaos and stability, and how they apply in everyday life and in physics. The
subject continues to develop to this day, and the most recent results may surprise people!

Warwick Kissling has been an amateur astronomer for more than 50 years. He has a PhD in Engineering/applied mathematics and works in the Earth Sciences modelling the flow of underground hot water in geothermal systems in New Zealand. He enjoys applying his mathematical modelling skills to astronomical problems.