Asteroids

In the second part of the course, we look also at differential equations. A famous system is the Newtonian n-body problem. Asteriods were in the news recently: Example. https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/02/21/JAXAs-Hayabusa-2-touches-down-on-asteroid-Ryugu/3331550761436/?st_rec=9261551713653">Example2 Example 3 Here is a great simulation of asteroids in real time. The page also lists the estimated profit. There is a lot of cash lying around. Profits are from a few hundred millions to trillions.